The rec.toys.lego Roll Call

Complete Listing of Responses

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The rec.toys.lego Roll Call is an unscientific, unofficial survey first posted to the Usenet newsgroup rec.toys.lego in early 1995 and periodically reposted. Below is a listing of responses to this survey in approximate chronological order.

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The maintainer of this listing, David A. Karr, has no connection with the Lego Group, the maker of LEGO® brand toys, except as a happy customer.



From: oremb@skydivskylit.dseg.ti.com ()
Reply-To: oremb@lobby.ti.com
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:05:46 GMT

Name:  Bonnie Orem  & Bobby Orem
Age:    32              3
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  See Name
Employment:  Software Design Engineer
Number of Sets in Collection:  8 (we just started 12/25/94)
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set: 1990 Black Monarch's Ghost (P.S.  TRU in Plano, TX still has most
of the ones on Jeff's list that are marked as not in the 1995 catalog) 
Favorite Themes:  Castle
Favorite Set in Collection:  Wolf Pack Renegades (the hidden treasure cache is
way cool!)




From: 23253mgr@ibm.msu.edu  (Kevin Forsyth)
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995  11:58 EDT

Name:  Kevin S. Forsyth
Age:  25
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  0 humans, 3 cats
Employment:  Systems Analyst in College of Social Sci., Michigan State U.
Number of Sets in Collection:  ~60
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Sets:  1973 (#420 Police Car, #570 Fire House, #710 Wrecker w/ Car, 
                    #221 Idea Book)
Favorite Themes:  Pirates (except Islanders), Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  not a set, it's a blue Futuron spaceman, standing 
    on a crater plate, reaching out to touch a black 1x4x9 monolith.
    Also, #8868 (ATCR) in garbage truck form.




From: marpi0591@aol.com (MarPi0591)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 12:57:18 -0500
Reply-To: marpi0591@aol.com (MarPi0591)

Name:  Mario Valdes-Lora
Age:  30
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  1 2/9
Employment:  Attorney
Number of sets in collection:  50~60
Number of pieces:  No idea
Oldest Set: 6010 (Supply Wagon) ca. 1984
Favorite Themes:  Castle, Pirates
Favorite Sets:  6085 (Black Monarch's Castle); Load'n Haul Railroad   




From: gt5471a@prism.gatech.edu (Matthew David Cowley)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 15:51:12 -0500

Name:  Matthew D. Cowley
Age:  18
M.S.:  Single
Kids: What? I am a kid
Employment:  College Student, Georgia Tech
Number of Sets in Collection:  20+
Number of Pieces:  Never added 'em up
Oldest Set:  No idea! (I'm not the collector type, I just love to play)
Favorite Themes:  Space and Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  All of 'em!!!!

Just wanted to tell everybody that even at age 18, the cashiers look at me
funny.  You're not alone...!

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Internet: gt5471a@prism.gatech.edu




From: scotto@spasm.cica.indiana.edu (Scott Ostrander)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 16:16:10 -0500
Reply-To: scotto@cica.indiana.edu

Name:  Scott Ostrander
Age:  29
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  No thank you
Employment:  Systems Administration
Number of Sets in Collection:  Unknown, who keeps track of that anyway?
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set: 1993 - Gave older bricks to 2nd-cousin three years ago
Favorite Themes:  Castle
Favorite Set in Collection:  None




From: vrparent@mailbox.syr.edu (Victor)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 19:40:49 GMT

Name:            Victor Parente
Age:             24
Employment:      Computer Engineer, Grad. student in Education, Teacher
Number of sets:  about 50
Number of pieces:  ? (Almost 50 Lego people in space suits!)
Oldest Sets:     I think it is called the "Universal Building Set" - It was
              the first motorized set every sold in the US back in the 
              mid-70's
Favorite Themes: Technic / Dacta Technic
Favorite Sets:   all of the helicopter sets.   




From: ivanlan@bones.et.byu.edu (Ivan Van Laningham)
Date: 6 Jan 95 17:00:09

Name:  Ivan Van Laningham
Age:  48
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  3 cats
Employment:  GUI Programmer (X-Motif-Windows-OS/2...)
Number of Sets in Collection:  hundreds
Number of Pieces:  thousands
Oldest Set:  ~1963--one of the early samsonite kits, #760 (???)
Favorite Themes:  Trains, Town 
Favorite Set in Collection:  4564, the brand-new yellow-engined train set.
Been collecting since:  1989 (and they didn't have lego when i was a kid)

I Live in Salt Lake City, not Provo....BYU is only where i have my
internet access.




From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 01:34:02 GMT

Name:  Dik T. Winter
Age:  49 (nearly 50)
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  two, 14 and 11.
Employment:  Scientific research, programmer, system maintenance.
Number of Sets in Collection:  unknown
Number of Pieces:  unknown
Oldest Set:  about 1976; train sets, London double decker bus.  alas, my
	     brother has the 1960 VW dealer.
Favorite Themes:  town
Favorite Set in Collection:  not applicable
-- 
dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj  amsterdam, nederland, +31205924098
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn  amsterdam, nederland; e-mail: dik@cwi.nl




From: Michon@ix.netcom.com (Ted Michon)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 22:01:27 GMT

Name:  Ted Michon
Age:   42
M.S.:  Married
Kids:
  Thomas  age 7 (US national LEGO champion; 1992 LEGO World Cup winner)
  David   age 4
  Both are full time LEGO builders 
Employment:  President, Imagination Technology Corporation (electrical 
engineer)
Number of Sets in Collection:  300+
Number of Pieces:  50,000+
Oldest Set:  One circa 1976 (pneumatic), all others since 1990
Favorite Themes:  Trains (according to Thomas and David)
Favorite Set in Collection:  Spyrius Monorail (according to Thomas)
Biggest project: 3500 brick house on display at national headquarters of 
  Homedco (Fountain Valley, CA)
-- 
Ted Michon                           Imagination Technology Corporation
michon@ix.netcom.com		     Irvine, CA




From: Jami Stewart <ivars@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 18:41:11 -0800

Name:  Jami Stewart
Age:  26
M.S.:  Single, but a parent :)
Kid: Chris, 6.
Employment: Student @ U WA
Number of Sets: 20+
Number of Pieces: (Aargh, why did you ask?  Now I want to count them) ?
Oldest: ?
Favorite:  No specific set, but I like Castle, *Aquatron*.  My son 
likes space space space.  We fight over the pieces, he even wants to use 
Castle pieces for space (blasphamy).  (No flames, I can't spell blasphamy 
right, the dictionary is holding up a bed).




From: scott.dawson@canrem.com (Scott Dawson)
Date: Fri,  6 Jan 95 21:01:00 -0500

Name: Scott Robert Dawson
AGE: 31
LOCATION: Greater Metropolitan Toronto
OCCUPATION AND HOBBIES: Programmer, ATE technologist, PC board repair,
animation (computer and classical), drawing, architecture and science
fiction (clearly a candidate for Legomania)
NUMBER OF SETS: Unknown. Bulk of Lego collection dates from before
1980, with recent additions after 1990
NUMBER OF PIECES: Unknown... (I suppose I could weigh them)
GENERAL OUTLOOK: I am not so much drawn by the desire to build the
pre-defined models, so my collection is not broken out into its original
sets. Rather, everything joins together for new and greater creations.




From: jharms@interserv.com
Date: 7 Jan 1995 02:53:24 GMT

Name:  John Harms
Age:  29
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  Nope
Employment:  DTP/PC whiz kid at US State Dept.
Number of Sets in Collection:  100+
Number of Pieces:  Unknown (fill 6 big Rubbermaid tubs)
Oldest Set:  Universal set from late 60s-early 70s: also have a pre-Duplo
  set of BIG (2"x5") 2x4 bricks===Mom throws nothing out
Favorite Themes:  Space, Model Team, & Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Any set with lots of wing sections
Claim to LEGO fame (according to my girlfriend): Had a piece stuck in
  my ear for three days.  A doctor had to get it out. I was 26 at the time. 




From: brianste@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Brian Sterenberg)
Date: 7 Jan 1995 02:45:27 GMT

Name: Brian Sterenberg
Age: 25
M.S.: Single
Kids: I hope not
Employment: Graduate Student
Number of Sets in Colection: about 20
Number of Pieces:  Good question
Oldest Set: A small very basic set of unknown vintage (1974?)
Favourite Theme:  Technic! Technic! (Model Team is nice too)
Favourite Set in Collection:  856 Technic Bulldozer (This is Canadian #, 
American # is different)
What I desperately Want But Can't Afford (especially if I'm going to get 
that 4 more MB ram):  AirTech Claw Rig!




From: tonyw@erinet.com (Tony Worthington)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 22:37:16 EST

Name:  Tony Worthington
Age:  19
M.S.:  Single
Kids: Not for a while.
Employment:  Network Admin.
Number of Sets in Collection:  42
Number of Pieces:  Haven't added it up yet...
Oldest Set: My loving mother sold my old LEGOS while I was on vacation. 
            <argh>
Favorite Themes:  Trains/TownFavorite Set in Collection:  Any 
trains...




From: unar2@sfa.ope.ed.gov (Andy Rosulek)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 21:53:40 -0600

Name:  Mike James Rosulek
Age:  13
M.S.:  Single, yet eligible!!
Kids:  1 pet cat.
Employment:  Full-time genius, Full-time babe-magnet!! (life is tough,
             ain't it?)
Number of Sets in Collection: 50 - 70 (at least 50, I counted!)
Number of Pieces: between 2,000 and 384,036
Oldest Set:  1982-3?? Probably a Basic set: just bricks, maybe Duplo
Favorite Themes:  Technic, Model Team, Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  Super Car (8880), SR-71, F-16, S.S. Rosulek
                             (last 3 are designed by me)




From: merritt@u.washington.edu (Ethan A Merritt)
Date: 7 Jan 1995 05:53:04 GMT
Reply-To: merritt@u.washington.edu (Ethan A Merritt)

Name:		Ethan Merritt
Age:		42
Married?:	yep, and my wife's Lego collection is even older than mine
		(she'll check in separately)
Kids:		Loren (9) - was head-over-heels into Lego until Magic card
		mania hit this summer.
Employment:	Research Faculty (Biological Structure)
Number of Sets in Collection:  
		who counts?  It's not a collection, it's a toy, er.. tool, 
		er... inspiration
Number of Pieces: 	see above
Oldest Set:	circa 1962, dunno the set number
		- large town set with lots of matchbox-sized VW bugs, 
		ESSO trucks, big emphasis on working garage doors.
		circa 1963, big gears (maybe set #002???).
		Mostly bought 'em by the bag in those days, not by the set.
Claim to Fame:	Recent public lecture entitled "Lego block toxins"
		(no, it wasn't about toxic Lego!  It was about how some
		bacterial toxins seem to mix-and-match pieces as if they
		were made up of molecular Lego blocks.)




From: etb@netcom.com (Elam Birnbaum)
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 06:14:01 GMT

Name: Elam Birnbaum 
Age: 23 
M.S.: Single 
Kids: Not yet, but eventually.  
Employment: Manufacturing Engineer 
Number of Sets in Collection: Hundreds 
Number of Pieces in Collection: Around 26,000 (I have the exact number
  somewhere... My Mom and I counted all my LEGO, even itemized each into
  type and color!)
Oldest Set: Don't remember, I was 2 at the time! Probably some basic
  set my Dad got me when we visited Holland.  
Favorite Themes: Castle and Space 
Favorite Set: There was a space set of a white and blue spaceship with
  many laser cannons in front and two detachable pods. Really cool!  
Best LEGO project: I built a castle, the surrounding charred
  badlands, and an entire mountainous region (where the robin hood
  people lived) and a sea shore (where the pirates landed). Also built a
  detailed castle, complete with escape route for the king and queen,
  several secret treasure rooms with booby traps, two gladiator arenas,
  and a pair of portcullis' (sp?) and a thick sliding wall that all
  together, NO army could possible penetrate! Its all in pieces now,
  though. :'( My cousin the architect and I are planning an incredible
  project some time in the near future!




From: dsmall@media.mit.edu (David Small)
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 15:17:05 GMT

Name:  David Small
Age:   29
M.S.:  boyfriend
Kids:  I wish
Employment:  PhD student (MIT Media Lab)
Number of Sets in Collection:  100?
Number of Pieces:  unkown, but I've got a 4'x8' table completely
covered - town, two levels of trains and a two-foot mountain with waterfall,
plus Neptune Discovery Lab and some Aquanauts under the table
Oldest Set:  plain bricks from the 70's.  Never saved those boxes 
	or instructions (stupid me)
Favorite Themes:  trains and town
Favorite Set in Collection:  Super Car
URL:   http://dsmall.www.media.mit.edu/people/dsmall/

David Small		   		work:617/253-4406
MIT Media Lab				email:dsmall@media.mit.edu
Cambridge, Mass				"please to enjoy"




From: ben@ins.infonet.net (Ben Sinclair)
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 11:37:24 UNDEFINED

Name:  Ben Sinclair
Age:  16
M.S.:  I don't think so. :)
Kids:  Yeah, right
Employment:  Student
Number of Sets in Collection:  zillions
Number of Pieces:  zillions^2
Oldest Set:  Maybe that old Exxon gas station? 
Favorite Themes: Town and Space..Aquazone! :)
Favorite Set in Collection:  Hmm...




From: jlanders@phakt.usc.edu (Jami Lynn Anderson)
Date: 7 Jan 1995 11:22:09 -0800

Name: Jami Anderson
Age:  27
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  4 cats
Employment: graduate student (for not much longer!), teaching instructor
Number of Sets in Collection:  dozens
Number of Pieces: probably more than I would like to admit to my husband
Oldest Set:  Camouflaged Outpost 
Favorite Themes:  Castle (Forest People specifically), trains (Metroliner)
Favorite Set in Collection:  Guarded Inn




From: tpepper@harp.aix.calpoly.edu (Timothy Charles Pepper (Wintermute))
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 21:23:22 GMT

Name:   Tim Pepper
Age:    19
M.S.:   Single
Kids:   none
"Occupation": computer engineering student
# Sets: about 50(normally all mixed in a big box, but I put them all 
        together over Christmas and took pictures..any suggestions where to 
        post theseonce digitized?)
# Pieces: good question...any suggestions for a way to sort/count them?
First Sets: 5th birthday I got the Alpha-1 Rocket Base #483 (1979) and 
        the expert builder helicopter #8840 (1981)
Oldest Sets: #483 above, old knights procession, and a little blue garage 
        w/ tow truck
Favorite Set: hmmm tough choice..probably one I never got..like a yellow 
        Technic plane in the late 80's
Favorite Theme: I mainly have older town, castle and space..none of the 
        newer ones really.  I liked the forest men, and like the pirates, 
        but castle and space are probably my fav.'s




From: guido@megamed.com
Date: 7 Jan 1995 22:26:26 GMT
Reply-To: pcguido@megamed.com

Name: Tim Cava
Age:  12
M.S.: Single
Kids: None (I do have a cat though)
Employment: Student at Sunnyvale Middle School
Number of Sets in Collection: 40
Number of Pieces: Unknown
Oldest Set: Not sure, I do have some castle stuff from the mid 80's
Favorite Themes: Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car




From: blalock@aol.com (Blalock)
Date: 7 Jan 1995 17:30:55 -0500
Reply-To: blalock@aol.com (Blalock)

Name:    Sherri Blalock
Age:     29 again (OK 31)
M.S.:    Married
Kids:    1 Cat
Employment: Electrical Engineer
Number of Sets in Colection: 150 +
Number of Pieces:  Have no idea
Oldest Set:   basic building set circa early '70s
Favourite Theme:  Technic 
Favourite Set in Collection: Control Lab




From: coulter@fas.harvard.edu (Shelly Coulter)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 02:08:30 GMT

Name: Shelly Coulter
Age:  30ish
Long-time lurker, occasional poster:
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  None but a couple of god-children
Employment:  Researcher/Financial Analyst
Number of sets in collection:  embarassing low
Number of pieces:  No idea; embarassing low
Favorite Themes:  Space, pirates
Favorite Sets:  love those crocodiles




From: wijsman@max.u.washington.edu
Date: 7 Jan 95 18:44:50 PST

Name:  Ellen Wijsman
Age:   40
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  Loren age 9 (already accounted for elsewhere in survey)
Employment:  Research Associate Professor, Medical Genetics and
             Biostatistics, Univ. of Washington 
Number of Sets in Collection:  Who knows?  The early collections didn't
                               come in "sets" - just boxes of blocks
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set:  1957 - basic blocks (yes, that is right - last survey I think 
             I had the record for the oldest lego!  I got my first at age 3) 
Favorite Themes:  Space lego, architecture (not that there is much),
                  castles
Favorite Set in Collection:  Hard to say.  I don't keep track of sets.




From: chiner@quark.gmi.edu (Chris Hiner)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 03:18:27 GMT

Name:  Chris Hiner
Age:  22
M.S.:  engaged, to be married in august
Kids:  Hopefully not (then I'd hafta share my Lego!)
Employment:  Programming Voice Response/Fax systems
Number of Sets in Collection:  I have no idea...
Number of Pieces:  Lesse... 2 milk crates, 2 xerox paper cases
Oldest Set:  Not sure of the year or #, but I seem to remember
   a double decker bus, with something like a "Read The Legoland Times"
   sticker on it.
Favorite Theme:  Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Auto Chassis... (and anything
  in the new pnumatics)

How do you get rid of cat fur in your Lego collection?




From: RIDLONCA98%CS13%usafa@cadetmail2.usafa.af.mil (Chris "Airwolf" Ridlon)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 03:41:08 GMT

Name:  Chris Ridlon
Age:   18
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  At this age? ;)
Employment:  Cadet at US Air Force Academy
Number of Sets in Collection:  300+
Number of Pieces:  Too many to count. . .
Oldest Set: 1977?  Police Command Van with the older mini-figs- they had
	   no arms and a leg that was all one piece, and no faces.
Favorite Themes:  Town (Flight) and Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  The Airport Monorail or maybe one of the
			     really old spaceships- the ones that were all
			     grey with lots of rocket engine pieces. ;)
			     Also, every hook-n-ladder Lego has put out.




From: maguirer@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA (Rob Maguire)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 03:27:52 GMT

Name:  Bob Maguire
Age:  18
M.S.:  Divorced...just kidding!  Single
Kids:  Not that I know of...No
Employment:  University Student (UofR, Sask., Canada)
Number of Sets in Collection:  40-50 (haven't counted...rough guess)
Number of Pieces:  hmmm...good question
Oldest Set:  That really small cop car (smaller than the fig!)
Favorite Themes:  Castle!!! Space in my earlier days...
Favorite Set in Collection:  Fully Complete: 6086 Black Knight's Castle
			     Various pieces missing: 6980 Space Command Ship
			     Only a few pieces remaing: 6075 Yellow Castle
				(Destroyed it as a kid, who said innocence is
				bliss?!?)




From: George Lawrence <glawrence@symantec.com>
Date: 8 Jan 1995 05:52:45 GMT

Name:   George Lawrence
Age:    28 
M.S.:   Married 
Kids:   1 (Ashley, 1.5 years old)
Employ: Software Engineer (Norton Utilities)

Number of Sets/Pieces in Collection:
No possible clue, but my collection fills a 30 gallon trash can
and weighs about 50 pounds.

Oldest Set:
Some kind of wheels and gears set from the late 60's
                               
Favorite Themes/Sets:
Lego monorails, Lego trains, Duplo trains




From: carol@alaska.net (Carol)
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 00:11:54 -0800

Name: Andrew Carol
Age:  31
M.S.:  Single  
Kids:  Virtual cat (That's a cat I don't own, yet)
Employment: Computer programmer/Analyst for DoD in Alaska
Number of Sets in Collection:  25+
Number of Pieces: 5,000+
Oldest Set: Parts of sets from early 70's (Mailed from home)
Favorite Themes:  Technic/Dacta Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Homebuilt robots running on Dacta
                              Lego Control Lab via my Macintosh.

carol@alaska.net    carol@ctis.af.mil    71350.3646@compuserve.com




From: wombat@noc.tor.hookup.net (Mark Hornblower)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 10:03:12 -0600

Name: Mark Hornblower 
Age:  28
M.S.:  Single  
Kids:  None
Employment: Student (again), production manager of weekly newspaper, 
              freelance programming and graphics guy ...
 
Number of Sets in Collection:  ~50
Number of Pieces: depends on how many the cats have eaten today ...
Oldest Set: Basic Set #911 (1975) - geared towards making factories and
              construction sites and stuff - cool! 
Favorite Themes:  Town, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Air Tech Claw Rig

BTW, in case no one else thought of it, I'm saving all the replies so we 
can have this valuable reference information for all time ...

| Mark Hornblower   
| wombat@hookup.net 




From: hunter@indy.net (Chad L. Miller)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 19:06:27 GMT

Name:  Chad L. Miller
Age:  27
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  Joy 2.5, Haley 1
Employment:  Sr. Systems Analyst
Number of Sets in Collection:  >70
Number of Pieces: lots
Oldest Set:  All the older ones are kept as parts.
Favorite Themes:  Space, Space, and Space (maybe Aquazone)
Favorite Set in Collection:  Older Space Police light & sound ship
     (the name escapes me)  
email: hunter@indy.net

(http://hunter.indy.net/ coming soon...)




From: jenoel@icaen.uiowa.edu (James Edward Noel)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 19:14:36 GMT

Name: Jim Noel
Age: 23
M.S.: Married
Kids: Zachary, age 3
Employment: Student
Number of sets in collection: 100+
Number of pieces: not enough
Oldest Set: The Moon Lander from mid 70's
Favorite Themes: Town, Castle, Pirate, Technic
Favorite set in collection: 6075 Yellow Castle




From: Steve Dettmann <Steve.Dettmann@mixcom.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 20:47:45 GMT

Name:  Steve Dettmann
Age:  36
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  No
Employment:  CNC turret punch press operator
Number of Sets in Collection:  75+
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set: unknown off hand
Favorite Themes:  Technic and Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  Airtech Claw Rig

Steve.Dettmann@mixcom.com

[The following was added later. --DAK]
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 05:50:28 GMT

High School Graduate
Waukesha County Tech Inst. Graduate (welding)
No College sorry
I suppose from what I've read here I'm the only 
blue collar person here. Oh well.




From: acsrds@myhost.subdomain.domain (Robert Schulz)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 23:12:05 GMT

Name:  Robert Schulz
Age:  27
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  1 cat
Employment:  Supervisor/Govt. Cable TV Channel
Number of Sets in Collection:  100+ I can find instructions too...
Number of Pieces:  +/- 6 cubic ft.
Oldest Sets:  early 70's
Favorite Themes:  Technic/Space/Town
Favorite Set in Collection:  455 Learjet (amazing what you can do with a
	bunch of plates...)
- - - - 
Robert Schulz     KC6UDS
rdschulz@ucdavis.edu




From: 94226@figmnt.tayloru.edu (STEPHEN OLSON)
Date: 8 Jan 95 18:26:07 -0500

Name:  Stephen Olson
Age:  18
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  None, but I have 9 brothers and sisters...
Employment:  Freshman at Taylor University
Number of Sets:  50+
Number of Pieces:  5000+
Oldest Set:  A police van with motorcycle from early 80's; it was a
"paddywagon" or something like that...
Favorite Theme:  TOWN
Favorite Set:  #6389, Fire Control Center from 1991, I think that it was a
European set because I never saw it in the stores...(subject to change because
I've ordered the metrostation from S@H.)




From: John Reynolds <torgo@u.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 16:09:55 -0800

Name: Christopher Ayers
Age: 23
M.S.: Unattatched
Kids: None yet
Employment: Junior, Psychology, Univ. of Washington
No. of Sets: 100+
No. of Pieces: I don't know (they're stored in at least five locations)
Oldest Set: Police Car, circa 1974
Favorite Themes: Technic, original Space, Aquazone, Trains
Favorite Sets: Whirlwind Rescue, Galaxy Explorer, Seaplane (circa 1980)




From: dot130@duke.usask.ca (Don Tse)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 00:47:43 GMT

Name:  Don Tse
Age:  23
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  none
Employment:  Student with 3 months, 6 days, 18 hours to go
Number of sets in collection: 70+
Number of pieces:  uh...
Oldest set:  #377 Shell Station (circa 1978)
Favorite themes:  Model Team, Dragon Masters, Black Knights
Favorite set in collection:  Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck, Mach II Red Bird Rig




From: gt5367a@prism.gatech.edu (Anthony Michael Zayas)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 21:25:19 -0500

Name:  Anthony Zayas
Age:  18
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  Not yet
Employment:  Student (Georgia Tech)
Number of Sets in Collection: 50+
Number of Pieces:  Many
Oldest Set:  early 80's (Starfleet Voyager space set (I think that's what
              it's called))
Favorite Theme(s):  Space  
Favorite Set(s) in Collection:  Big Huge Ice Planet ship (forget the name) 
 				The one mentioned above
				Alienator (Blacktron series 1)

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332




From: math1ji@menudo.uh.edu (Julie Walker)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 00:39:43 -0600

Name:  Julie Walker
Age:  29
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  2 cats
Employment:  Ph.D. student in math and occasional teacher
Number of Sets in Collection:  200+
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set:  Basic set from 1979
Favorite Themes:  Technic & Model Team
Favorite Set in Collection:  Super Car




From: Andy Boal <andyb@panda.uiowa.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 1995 13:28:52 GMT
Reply-To: andyb@panda.uiowa.edu

Name: Andy Boal
Age:  22 today!!!
M.S.:  Single, but firmly attached and engaged :)
Kids:  My fiancee has one :)
Employment:  Student - 3rd year Economics and ACcounting at Queen's
      University Belfast
Number of Sets in Collection:  100s!
Number of Pieces:  Lost count
Oldest Set: I've some pre-ABS bricks from my uncles. Oldest own - c. 1976 :)
Favorite Themes:  Town & Railways
Favorite Set in Collection:  7740 High Speed train :) The 1981 original 12v 
train.




From: "Morten.Steien" <hda9mst@hda.hydro.com>
Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:46:10 GMT

Name: Morten A. Steien
Age: 33
M.S.: Single
Kids: None, that i know of.
Employment: Self employed consultant in Windows / Novell
Number of Sets in Collection: Most large Technics
Number of Pieces: Who knows.
Oldest Set: 
Favorite Themes: I collect only Technics
Favorite Set in Collection: Super car.

Looking foreward to get my hands on the new 95 set(s).




From: julian@gatwick.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (Julian Fitzherbert)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:37:26 GMT
Reply-To: julian@gatwick.Geco-Prakla.slb.com

Name:             Julian Fitzherbert
Age:              37
M.S.:             Married
Kids:             1 daughter (3 years)
Employment:       Geophysicist / Software engineer : 
		  Geophysical Consultancy Company
Number of sets:   Approx 10 (since 1985)
Pieces:           A drawer full.
First lego:       1963
Favourite themes: Aircraft and trains (Lego and Duplo railways)




From: jfiles@hdsc16.ucsd.edu (J Files)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 17:52:02 GMT

Name:    	James S Files  ["Jim!"]
Age:     	22 
M.S.:    	Alas, Single.
Kids:    	Do roommates count?
Employment: 	Student, Programmer, some-time LEGO arms dealer.
		See .sig for more complete information.
		LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR After Graduation!
Number of Sets:	More than you can possibly imagine.
		I dunno, I can imagine quite a bit. 
		Ok, how's this, no space left.  Have about 40 sets
that I had to take apart due to lack of space.  Have 19 sets that I
haven't even put together yet, including El Dorado Fortress and Enchanted
Island.  Have LEGO assembled on every available flat surface in my
room, thinking about either expanding to the living room or to my
office.
Number of Pieces: No Clue.  Had a count once, but that was about 15
years ago, when it was still a reasonable thing to do.
Oldest Set:  	Red <Fire?> Helicopter, circa 1973, still have collapsed
box.	Fire truck from same time.  One other set as well, with a
blue trailer, but don't have the box or the instructions any more,
so NO idea what it was.
Favourite Theme: Castle [Black Knights, Dragon Master, CLASSIC]
		 Pirates [Pirates, BLUE Imperial Guard]
Favourite Set in Collection: Classic Yellow Castle
Favorite Item:	Green Dragon from Dragon Masters.  Viewed in
profile, and imagined to be all Red, this could be mistaken for a
Red Dragon Sagant, which is pretty cool, since that is part of
Beta's crest.  Now, if only LEGO would MAKE a red dragon.

James S. Files, UCSanDiego '95
M: Computer Science m: Anthropology
W: Programmer/Analyst I, Mathematics




From: gwl@ch.hp.com (Glenn Lea)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 18:17:53 GMT
Reply-To: Glenn Lea <gwl@ch.hp.com>

Name:    	Glenn Lea
Age:     	43
M.S.:    	Married
Kids:    	boy 3, girl 6
Employment: 	software engineer
Education:      MS, Psychology, but that was 20 years ago
Number of Sets:	maybe 20, including the kids' sets
Number of Pieces: 3000+
Oldest Set:  	Blue pneumatic set (8042). 
Favorite Theme: Town, technics
Favorite Set in Collection: the last one I bought (currently Hook and Ladder)




From: bfjev@dopey.cc.utexas.edu (John Eric Voltin)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 12:23:04 -0600

Name: John Eric Voltin
Age:  24
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  None
Employment: ME graduate student, future archaeologist?
Number of Sets in Collection:  ??, 50 (maybe?)
Number of Pieces: approximately 1.0 m^3 (count unknown)
Oldest Set:  Unknown, I have several from the late 70's including
               a neat fire station with three fire trucks
Favorite Themes:  LEGO (since they are all compatible), I do like the
                    trains very much, though
Favorite Set in Collection:  I like them all

                                          The University of Texas at Austin
bfjev@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu                  Mechanical Engineering Department
Home:  (512) 835-6693                     Work:  (512) 835-3081




From: mtidwell@netcom.com (montgomery f. tidwell)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 19:52:30 GMT

Name:  Montgomery F. Tidwell
Age:  33
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  none yet
Employment:  Programmer
Number of Sets in Collection:  Unknown
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set:  Basic set from late 60's
Favorite Themes:  Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  Space Shuttle from  1992




From: KopfDC%DFP%USAFA@dfmail.usafa.af.mil (Dana C. Kopf)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 21:02:17 GMT

Name: dana kopf 
Age: 28
M.S.: married
Kids: 1 cat, note the large # of cat owners in this group!  my cat likes to 
	bat the pieces around
Employment: usaf
Number of Sets in Collection: ~30
Number of Pieces: n, where n is large
Oldest Set: 1990
Favorite Themes: space, town
Favorite Set in Collection: ?
Favorite Thing I have built: a very realistic looking TIE fighter using 
	the octan twin tank transport pieces, complete with TIE pilot, who 
	is getting a new helmet as soon as i get one of those black 
	auquanaut helmets.
Thing I want to build when I get enough pieces: you guessed it - a star 
	destroyer!  this will take years and lots of $.  anyone care to 
	donate lots of white pieces for this project?




From: cdouglas@ice.lakeheadu.ca
Date: 9 Jan 1995 19:35:56 GMT

Name: Clare Douglas
Age: 24
M.S.: single
Kids: none (except me)
Employment: Psychology student, and p/t swim instructor
Number of Sets: about 40
Number of Pieces: 5,000
Oldest Set: I just started collecting last year
Favourite Themes: Town 
Favorite Set in Collection: Pirate ship
Best accomplishment is a 1 1/2 foot unicorn




From: talvey@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Trever Alvey)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 22:07:47 GMT

Name:  Trevor Alvey
Age:  27
M.S.:  Singled
Kids:  2 cats
Employment:  Power systems engineer
Number of Sets in Collection: ~20
Number of Pieces:  Count all those little bits?? No Way!
Oldest Set:  1981? Technic Red Tractor with implements
Favorite Themes:  Technic, Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  Technic Air Claw Rig




From: "Edward C. Bennett" <edward@rahul.net>
Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:48:59 GMT

Name: Edward Bennett
Age: 33
M.S.: single
Kids: none
Employment: Software Engineer
Number of sets in collection: ~100
Number of pieces: several thousand
Oldest set: train set from early 70's
Favorite theme: Trains
Favorite set in collection: Space Shuttle
-- 
Edward C. Bennett          <edward@rahul.net>          415-967-6849




From: janet lasher <janet.lasher@leland.stanford.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 1995 23:58:10 GMT

Name:    Janet Lasher/Julian Kessler
Age:     30something/4.25
M.S.:    Married/girls are ucky
Kids:    1 child 4.25 (just ask him -- we are answering this together)
Employment: Systems analyst/software developer/pre-schooler
Number of Sets in Colection: I have no idea/lots and lots
Number of Pieces:  ditto/millions and millions
Oldest Set:   circa 1990 (my nephew has all my older ones ~1980+)
Favourite Theme:  Space / castles & town - mostly trains & dragons 
Favourite Set in Collection: Train station (Julian out voted me)

This is Julian's first post.  I think he did quite well.  There seem to be 
very few women on the net who are into legos..... interesting.




From: currentd@carleton.edu (Dan Current)
Date: 8 Jan 95 18:22:03 CST

Name:   Dan Current 
Age   : 20 
M.S.  : nope. 
Kids  : Just Me, Myslef, and I. 
Employment  : Lurker, or student, take your pick. 
Number of  Sets in Collection  : Uh, 100+ probably. 
Number of Pieces  : Between 10 and 10^7. 
Oldest Set  : First town fire station with the people who had
              moving legs and arms... 
Favorite Themes  : Town 
Favorite Set in Collection  : My 'Born to Build' LEGO shirt.  ;)

currentd@carleton.edu




From: dougk@cray.com (Douglas Koepke  {x66558 CF/DEV})
Reply-To: dougk@cray.com
Date: 9 Jan 95 11:51:37 CST

Name: 		Doug Koepke
Age: 		38
M.S.:		Married
Kids:		Aaron - 11, Nick - 7 ( dad builds, they play)
Employment:	Logic Engineer @ Cray Research
Number of sets:	Approx 10 major size sets & 25 small ones
Number of Pieces: Close to 10,000. (tried adding up all the numbers on the
		  boxes)
Oldest stuff:	An old set of red & white bricks my parents gave (back" to me.
Favorite Theme:	Technic
Fav. Set in collection:	Airtech Claw Rig




From: ez020913@monet.ucdavis.edu (Jayson Entao)
Date: 10 Jan 1995 01:36:06 GMT

Name:    Jayson Entao
Age:     23
M.S.:    Single
Kids:    0.0
Employment: Campus computer lab attendant
Number of Sets in Colection: 90+ 
Number of Pieces: Let me count them...1, 2, 3, 4,..(I'll get back to you), 5..
Oldest Set:  Galaxy Explorer, 1980.               
Favourite Theme:  Space and Technic. 
Favourite Set in Collection: Technic Super Car.  As soon as it gets thru
				customs.
--
||  Jayson Entao       
||  itlm047@ucdavis.edu
||  jmentao@ucdavis.edu




From: bdurney@uvsc.edu (DR. BRIAN DURNEY)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 01:20:56 GMT

Name: Brian Durney
Age: 35
M.S.: double
Kids: Jessica (5), Alex (4), Jason (-4 months and counting)
Employment: Professor in Computer Science at Utah Valley State College
Number of sets in collection: ~10
Number of pieces: a couple thousand?
Oldest set: not very
Favorite theme: Castle
Favorite set in collection: Black Knight's Castle
Education: PhD in computer science at the University of Oregon, June 94
Location: Orem, Utah

Although castles are my favorite theme, I'm going through a space phase and am 
designing a noncombative role-playing game for my kids.  The game is set in 
the solar system and uses space Legos.  I'm interested in any and all games 
that use Legos and have looked at (but not yet played) Legowars, Plastic 
Ships and Wooden Men (or is that Plastic Ships and Plastic Men?), etc.

Brian Durney
bdurney@uvsc.edu
krisian@aol.com




From: dcook@maths.adelaide.edu.au (David Cook)
Date: 10 Jan 1995 09:21:22 +1030
Reply-To: dcook@spam.adelaide.edu.au

Name:  David Cook
Age:   24
M.S.:  Single (recently, <sigh>)
Kids:  Distant future maybe
Employment:  Assistant Computer Manager in Maths dept., also studying Arts
Number of Sets in Collection:  57 sets of instructions, some others lost.
Number of Pieces:  about 11,500
Oldest Set:  394 and/or 396  ('76 or '77 ... not sure exactly)
Favourite Themes:  Space, Castle
Favourite Set in Collection:  Supercar (8880)
Been to Legoland: Yes ! In July last year. Great fun :)

PS: I have this crazy idea of sitting down one day and building _all_ of the
sets I have instructions for. If someone out there has 394 (a Harley Davidson
motorcycle) or 396 (a steam train) instructions, I'd like to hear from you :-)
-- 
David T Cook   e-mail: dcook@spam.adelaide.edu.au   Phone: +61 8 303 5709
Assistant Computer Manager, Stats, Pure and Applied Maths, Adelaide Uni.




From: mckinney@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca (Alexander (Sandy) McKinney)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:09:35 GMT

Name:  Alexander R. McKinney
Age:  26
M.S.:  Single - but have a girlfriend!
Kids:  nope
Employment:  Graduate Student - Master's in Electrical Engineering
Number of Sets in Collection:  ~100
Number of Pieces:  Good bloody question... ~13 000?
Oldest Set:  early 70's - the multicoloured gear set
Favorite Themes:  castle, technics
Favorite Set in Collection:  6672 - Safari truck (I *love* Africa!)

Alexander R. (Sandy) McKinney            Electrical Engineering Grad Student
mckinney@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca                             Queens University
                                                      Kingston, Ont., CANADA




From: psw@tauon.ph.unimelb.edu.au (Paul Weiser)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 22:22:08 GMT


Name:  Paul Stephan Weiser
Age:   28  
M.S.:  single
Kids:  Just one 28 year old :-).
Employment:  Physics Ph.D. Student (Uni. of Melb., Australia)
Number of Sets in Collection:  something approaching 1000
Number of Pieces:  tens of thousands
Oldest Set:  ~1965 an old London Taxi and a Universial set.
Favorite Themes:  Space, Town, Pirate, castle and Technic 
Favorite Sets:    The Space Monorails and all the extra track packs.
Been collecting since:  1979 (Mainly Space and Town, Others 2-3 years)




From: mmichel@us.oracle.com (Mark Lance Michel)
Date: 10 Jan 1995 14:15:44 GMT

Name: Lance Michel
Age: 34
M.S.: Divorced (Lego had nothing to do with it.)
Kids: None
Employment: Technical Consultant for Oracle Inc.
Number of Sets in Collection: 15+ 
Favorite Themes: Technic, Dacta
Favorite Set in Collection: Airtech Claw Rig.
--
Lance Michel					Office Address:
Sales Consultant                  		290 Woodcliff Drive
Oracle Corporation				Fairport, New York  14450




From: robertsk@tamu.edu
Date: 10 Jan 1995 14:55:31 GMT

Name:  Katherine Roberts
Age:  25
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  WHAT?!? And have to share my LEGO!
Employment:  Expediter for TAMU
Number of Sets in Collection:  20	
Number of Pieces:  Not nearly enough
Oldest Set:  1974 (guy in a little truck) Mom hid it for
us kids for Christmas years ago, and just found it again.
Favorite Themes:  Castle! Castle! Castle! (know where I can 
get any Forestmen?)
Favorite Set in Collection:  King's Mountain Fortress
Claim to LEGO Fame:  Took pictures of my real live "dragons"
(lovebirds) in and about my castles, then used the vegetable
sprayer in the sink to clean off any bird poo.	
LEGO Goal:  Strike it rich at a garage sale and get lots of
bricks to build a properly defensable castle.




From: Phil ~Phlash~ Ashby <paa@mround.bt.co.uk>
Date: 10 Jan 1995 17:53:08 GMT

Name:  Philip Ashby
Age:   28
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  Martin 6, Robert 4, Joseph 1
Employment:  Professional Software Engineer (paid hacker)
Qual:  M.Eng (hons), York University, England
       AMIEE.
Number of Sets in Collection:  unknown
Number of Pieces:  Approx. 5000
Oldest Set:  1975 Police Station (I think, I was only 8-))
Favorite Themes:  none (I prefer new design challenges)
Favorite Set in Collection:  The newest one (currently the Technics
	helicopter / jeep set [8820?])

Phil ~Phlash~ Ashby.
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.




From: bdelph@pcnet.com (Bill Delphenich)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 18:22:06 GMT

Name:                    Bill Delphenich
Age:                       43
M.S.                       Married
Kids:                      1 son (Lego-maniac Jr.)
Employment:           Architect
Number of sets:       ? (more than 30)
Number of pieces:   ?  (about 6 red buckets)
Favorite theme:        Buildings and trains, also Technics
_________________________________
William C. Delphenich, Architect
bdelph@pcnet.com
New Haven, CT
USA




From: coverstone@hpl.hp.com (Randy Coverstone)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:29:39 GMT

Name:  Randy Coverstone
Age:   40
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  10,11, & 10year old cat
Employment:  Engineering Manager
Number of Sets in Collection:  well over 1000
Number of Pieces:  (est) > 200,000
Oldest Set:  1980? universal set
Favorite Themes:  Technic, Train, Dacta control lab
Favorite Set in Collection:  All of 'em




From: schmchrj@rtsg.mot.com (Joseph R. Schumacher)
Date: 10 Jan 95 23:01:19 GMT

Name:  Joe Schumacher
Age:  33 
M.S.:  married
Kids:  Timmy (4, chief legomaniac) and Emily (9 mo)
Employment:  Engineer
Number of Sets in Collection:  
Number of Pieces:
Oldest Set:
Favorite Themes:  Space, & castle 
Favorite Sets:
Been collecting since:  1973




From: art6@cornell.edu (Alan Turner)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 20:30:33

Name: Alan Turner
Landscape architect.
Currently does not own any lego
Introduced to Lego in Berlin, 1963.
Why can't I buy a bunch of 2x8 bricks in a single color anymore?
Most missed lego parts: 1x1 bricks printed with letters of the alphabet,
including vowels with unlauts.




From: Thomas Boyd <ez048001@peseta.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:48:03 -0800

Name:  Tom Boyd
Age:  30
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  Due June
Employment:  Grad student, mechanical engineering
Number of Sets in Collection:  200+
Number of Pieces: If I only knew...
Oldest Set:  005 (big colorful gears and lots of blocks - thanks gram)
Favorite Themes:  lotsa bricks cheap
Favorite Set in Collection: There are no individual sets, they belong to 
			    the BORG now




From: hdrake@artax.webo.dg.com (Howard Drake )
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 12:57:34 GMT

Name:  Howard Drake
Age:  47		
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  Twin girls, 16.
Employment:  Software Engineer
Number of Sets in Collection:  many
Number of Pieces:  More than my wife thinks is necessary, but she still
                   gave me two new sets for Christmas; one a Paradisa set,
                   she likes the men waiting on the women.
Oldest Set:  Early '70s, automatic opening garage doors.
Favorite Themes:  Castle
Favorite Set in Collection:  The yellow castle, 6075?
Favorite Thing I have built:  Large yellow castle from Bill & Mary book, #6000.




From: wchang@phage.cshl.org (William Chang in Marr Lab)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 07:15:17 -0500
Reply-To: wchang@cshl.org

Name:  William Chang
Age:   31
M.S.:  Married (soon 10 years)
Kids:  Arthur, 2 (legoholic) and Sofia, 6 months
Employment:  Computational biologist (CS PhD)
Number of Sets in Collection:  Few (not a collector)
Number of Pieces:  Not enough (but lots of dreaded Tyco for fillers)
Oldest Set:  Back around 1970...
Favorite Themes:  Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  Whichever has unusual pieces

Perfer (can only afford) small but elegant designs.  Has swing-wing 
bird glider, horseshoe crab land vehicle, Star Wars inspired ships etc.




From: anw@ssm (Andy Watkins)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 13:49:41 GMT
Reply-To: awatkins@bt-sys.bt.co.uk

Name:			Andy Watkins
Age:			err... 23
M.S.:			Engaged  (and she got LEGO for Christmas!)
Kids:			None
Employment:		Visualisation Programmer for BT
Number of Sets in Collection: between 5 and 15
Number of Pieces:	Dunno - I timeshare with my brother 
Oldest Set:		Dunno - got first sets in aobut 1975ish 
Favorite Themes: 	CASTLE 
Favorite Set in Collection:  (currently) Haunted tower (*)

(*) I think the glow-in-the dark ghost is Incredible. I'm a grown man,
about to get married, and here I am shining a torch and turning the lights
out! (I must be nuts!)

 _________________ 
|  _   _   _   _  |                    Andy Watkins                       LEGO 
| (_) (_) (_) (_) |               awatkins@bt-sys.bt.co.uk              It's a
|  _   _   _   _  |                                                    New Toy
| (_) (_) (_) (_) |                                                      Every
|_________________| Left: The Classic 2x4 LEGO Brick (Plan view)          Day.




From: peter.gruhn@delta.com (Peter Gruhn)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 05:59:00 -0500

Name:          Peter Gruhn
Age:           28
M.S.:          Single
Kids:          none
"Occupation":  programmer
# Sets: dunno. 20
# Pieces:      some
First Sets:    Some basic set c 1975
Oldest Sets:   ibid.
Favorite Set:  dunno
   I'm really keen on my front loader. The newmatic crane just might be
   a favourite when I get it. I like my Technic n handy lessons for your
   students set.

Favorite Theme:technic town (depending)




From: mike@cs.umd.edu (Mike Steele)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 14:07:35 -0500

Name:  Mike Steele
Age:  20
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  none
Employment:  Student, part time Unix system administration
Number of sets in collection: lost count long ago
Number of pieces:  billions and billions? :)
Oldest set:  I have no idea what it was called or what the number was,
	but it was this set with three of the old-style people with 
	the flexible arms: a mother, daughter, and little boy in a 
	baby carriage. (1977 or '78, I think)
Favorite themes:  Castle, Space
Favorite set in collection:  M-Tron Huge Vehicle Thingy, Black
	Monarch's Castle, Aerial Acrobats
-- 
Mike Steele         INET: mike@cs.umd.edu   voice: (301)405-2720
Univ. of Maryland   Dept. of Comp. Sci.     http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/mike




From: altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu (Karl Altenburg)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:48:16 GMT

Name:  Karl Altenburg
Age:  28
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  Two
Employment:  Grad student/computer consultant
Number of Sets in Collection:  100+/ plus hundreds of spare parts kits
Number of Pieces:  Several Thousands
Oldest Set:  Technic Motor Set from early 80's
Favorite Themes:  Technic and Duplo
Favorite Set: Technic Yellow Front End Loader
--
Karl R Altenburg				altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND  58105




From: akwong@gundam.Eng.Sun.COM (Anthony Wong)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 19:39:30 GMT

Name:  Anthony Wong
Age:   32
M.S.:  Married (7.5 yrs)
Kids:  Just me
Employment:  Electrical Engineer (microprocessors)
Number of Sets in Collection:  30+
Number of Pieces:  just the sets
Oldest Set:  started collecting 3 years ago
Favorite Themes:  Space, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Multi Core Magnetizer, any Technic

Location : San Francisco Bay Area

Other:  My wife and I are saving up for one of the train sets.
         At one time we were thinking of getting LGB, but decided
         on Lego trains instead.




From: amy_stoklas-oakes@atk.com (First Last)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:11:01 GMT

Name:  Amy Stoklas-Oakes
Age:   26 (in 2 weeks)
M.S.:  Married (to another LEGO maniac)
Kids:  1 cat, 1 dog, 1 27 yr old housemate son (Myles)
Employment:  Process/Manufacturing Engineer
# sets in Collection:  Ack!!!  (to quote others) ??
# of pieces:   ACKKKKK!!! (I may have to actually count them)
Oldest Set:  6020 Castle Knights Tournament (1986?)
Favorite Themes:  Castle
Favorite Set:  6074 Knights castle




From: dcaudle@lib.auburn.edu (DANA CAUDLE)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 14:28:50 GMT

Name: Dana Caudle
Age: 28
M.S.: single
Kids: None
Employment: Librarian
No. of sets: I lost count after 50
No. of pieces: enough to fill two 3-cubic meter boxes
Oldest set: Town hospital from the 70's
Favorite theme: Castle!!
Favorite set: Forestman's River Fortress
Best accomplishment: I built a two-story gatehouse for one of my castles 
that had a drawbridge, portcullis, and gates flanked by two towers. 




From: jofickli@nmsu.edu (Joey J. Ficklin)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 23:36:48 GMT

Name: Jordan Ficklin
E-mail address:jofickli@nmsu.edu
Age:15
Education:Sophomore at Las Cruces High School
Occupation: Yeah right!
Number of Sets: ?50+?
Number of Pieces: 7 cubic feet
Favorite Themes: Town and Technic
Oldest Set:  A fire station no instructions or set number probably 15 yrs old
Favorite Set: Technic 9v motor




From: plusch@harlequin.com (Mike Plusch)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:56:39 GMT

Name:  Mike Plusch
Age:   26
M.S.:  Engaged
Kids:  0
Employment:  Product manager for computer languages at Harlequin 
Number of Sets in Collection:  500
Number of Pieces:  about 82,000
Oldest Set:  '76/'77
Favourite Themes:  Technic, (Paradisa and Bellville because of wierd
colors)
Favourite Set in Collection:  Supercar (8880)
Been to Legoland: nope.

Things that I build: Robots, moving (walking/rolling/climbing) Lego
vehicles, and things with lots of motors.  Like to Lego-ize non-Lego
components such as sensors, computers, replacement metal parts, powerful
motors, gearboxes, remote control, etc.




From: ms3079@ARK.SHIP.EDU
Date: 12 Jan 1995 02:21:42 GMT
Reply-To: ms3079@ARK.SHIP.EDU

Name: Matt Sober
Age: 20
Location: Shippensburg Pennsylvania
M.S.: Single
Kids: none
Employment: Student (soon to be 2nd Lt. is US Army)
Number of Sets: 35+
Number of Pieces: 20,000+
Oldest Sets: Some of the first Universal Building Sets and the Red Tractor
Favorite Theme: Technic and just recently Town and Train
Favorite Set: Super Car
Favorite Thing I've Built: 4WD truck with steering and the 4wd is engaged and
disengaged by pneumatics, its comparable in size to Super Car but does have 
the fancy peices used in that set for AWD.




From: rarz@access3.digex.net (Rod Arz)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 22:13:10 -0500

Name:  Rod Arz
Age:  16
M.S.: Single
Kids: None(thank god)
Employment:  High School Student
Number Of Sets in collection: ~30
Number Of Pieces:  about 12 sq. feet
Oldest Set:  Town set from 1984
Favorite Themes: Technics, Space
Favorite Set: 6973: Large Ice Planet 2000 Space Ship
-- 
| Rod Arz  rarz@access.digex.net 
: Nemo     rarz@sub-zero.mit.edu 




From: J.T.Thorpe <John.Thorpe@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: John.Thorpe@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:10:49 GMT

Name:  J.T. Thorpe
Age:    26
M.S.:   Single w/girlfriend
Kids:   None
Employment: Information Systems Consultant

Number of sets in collection: 16-17
Number of pieces:  Why count them?
Oldest set:  Modular Space Transport
Favorite theme: Castle & Trains
Favorite set in collection:  do I have to pick one?
Education:  BS Comp Sci - Queens College 1990
	   MS Comp Sci - Clemson University 1992
Location: Greenville, SC

Rather interesting that my Lego preferences match up with
my hobbies consistently.....

J.T.Thorpe  --  AT&T Global Information Solutions




From: gas@globus.ffi.no (Geir Atle Storhaug)
Date: 12 Jan 1995 13:00:49 GMT
Reply-To: Geir-Atle.Storhaug@ffi.no (Geir Atle Storhaug)
In-reply-to: lzucaro@aol.com's message of 6 Jan 1995 00:30:45 -0500

Name:  Geir Atle Storhaug
Age:  32
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  3 (1, 3 and 5 years old)
Employment:  Scientist
Number of Sets in Collection:  about 30 sets + about 50 liters of LEGO 
	compatible bricks
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set:  ca. 1991
Favorite Themes:  Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Air Tech Claw Rig
Education: M.Sc 1986 (University of Bergen, NORWAY)
--
 ____     ___   Geir Atle Storhaug
/ ____/\ (__    X400 : G=Geir-Atle;S=Storhaug;O=ffi;P=uninett;C=no;
\___//  \___)   RFC  : Geir-Atle.Storhaug@ffi.no
Phone (office): +47-63-807658  Phone (home): +47-63-838987  Fax:+47-63-807509
Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, FFI/VM, Postboks 25, N-2007 Kjeller, NORWAY




From: Steven_Berman@transarc.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:37:39 -0500

Name: 		Steven Berman
Age:   		28
M.S.:  		Married (Lynn)
Kids:  		5/9
Cats:  		2 (Faraday and Grahm)
Location: 	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Employment:  	Systems Software Developer
Sets in Collection: 18 complete sets + pieces
Pieces:  	Too many too count (Yeah!)
Oldest Set:  	001 American (Samsonite) Gear Set and 002 4.5 V motor pack
Favorite Themes: Technic Universal sets
Favorite Set in Collection:  #180 Battery GoodsTrain (EUR:~1974-1976)

My wife and I are rediscovering Lego (esp, with the recent clearance
sales) and I love building with Technic sets.  I only rue having allowed
my mother to give away the basic building sets I had as a kid.  I am
currently constructing the "Rug Warrior" lego robot described in the book
"Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation" by Joe Jones and Anita
Flynn.




From: cryogen@ionet.net (Jon C. Koerber)
Date: 12 Jan 1995 19:37:23 GMT

Name:  Jon Koerber
Age:   28
M.S.:  Engaged
Kids:  Adopt if ever
Employment:  Database Administrator, American Fidelity Corporation
Number of Sets in Collection:  12+
Number of Pieces:  Approx. 5,500
Oldest Set:  1972 Universal set (For 6th birthday in Tours, France)
Favorite Themes:  Anything that has moving parts (gears and junk)
Favorite Set in Collection:  Original technic "car chassis" 2-spd 4cyl 




Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 12:32:43 CST
From: Namir Gharaibeh <U50879@uicvm.uic.edu>

Yo.  Here.  I know I'm young, but I'm still growing.  As is the collection.

Name:  Namir Gharaibeh
Age:   23
M.S.:  Single, but taken
Kids:  Do cats count?
Employment:  IE Student at University of IL at Chicago (last year!)
Number of Sets in Collection:  roughly 50+
Number of Pieces:  I build with em, not count em.
Oldest Set:  A floatable ship circa 1972
Favorite Themes:  Technic, and Space (Blacktron)
Favorite Set in Collection:  Whirlwind Rescue chopper, and all
    the Expert Builder sets.
Lifelong Ambition: To be an industrial engineer at LEGO.

 Hey, if anyone's intersted, I took it upon myself to archive all
of these.  Once the flow lessens, I'll post it somewhere.  It's
big, I mean, BIG.  :)  Anyone have ideas as to where I can post
it?  I may even compile statistics if I get any requests (1).
     Keep the pieces!  (Keep the peace, peace, pieces? Nevermind.)

|        THE SNIPER'S GUILD            :  a.k.a.   Namir Gharaibeh      |
| "Proud Advocates of Creative Mayhem" :           U50879@uicvm.uic.edu |
|  Viscouse P'pello                    :     University of Illinois     |
|  Chicago Branch, XQ Division         :           at Chicago           |




From: btharp@infi.net (Bruce Tharp)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 03:55:32 GMT

In article <3eiki5$m6o@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, lzucaro@aol.com (LZucaro) says:


Name:  Bruce Tharp
Age:  38
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  2 - boy 2.5 yrs, girl 15 months
Employment:  Owner, Association Management Company
Number of Sets in Collection:  None - Starting on trains this month
Number of Pieces:  None
Oldest Set:  NA
Favorite Themes:  Trains
Favorite Set in Collection: NA




From: Chris Adams <72701.1621@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 13 Jan 1995 01:12:03 GMT

Name:  Chris Adams
Age:  30
M.S.: Married
Kids: boys 2 & 5
Employment:  Software Eng
Number Of Sets in collection: alot (placed ad for used LEGO...)
Number Of Pieces:  box 2'x3'x3' full.
Oldest Set:  4.5v trains 
Favorite Themes: masks
Favorite Set: Toolo is my sons' favorites

I have constructed 2 LEGO head that my son and I can wear to LEGO
build contests in Connecticut.  I have tried to get a job at LEGO
in Enfield, CT as a LEGO modeler (US LEGO headquarters), but the
best I could do is to work for the company that writes the
software that LEGO (US and Denmark) uses to design the boxes that
LEGO comes in.  

-- 
Chris Adams                        lpoint!adams@urartu.sdpa.org
Artios Corp.          Maker of Boxmaking CAD/CAM software tools




From: foster@mecho.cray.com (Paul Foster)
Date: 12 Jan 95 21:10:18 CST

Name: Paul Foster
Age:  28
M.S.: yes
Kids: two - 3 and 5 years old
Employment: systems engineer
Number of sets in collection: >100
Number of pieces: Lot (but not enough)
Oldest set: Lunar Lander set (multi-joint arms on people)
Favorite Themes: Technics for me, Town for kids
Favorite Set in Collection: 8862 backhoe and model Team blue/white semi
Location: Chippewa Falls, WI
Best Accomplishment: building three matching size trailers for the
                       model team semi
Lego peave: the model team tractor trailers each have different hitch
               heights that don't make them interchangeable (without mods :)
--
Paul Foster       (Foster@no2sun.cray.com)      Cray Research, Inc.




From: tubesing@lanl.gov (Phil Tubesing)
Date: 12 Jan 1995 22:32:33 GMT
 
Name:  Phil Tubesing  
Age:  27
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  No
Employment:  Operations Engineer
Education:  BS Mecahnical Eng, Carnegie-Mellon: MIS Ind Safety, U Minn
Number of Sets in Collection:  ~12 Universal, 5 Space, ~20 Technic
Number of Pieces:  More than three
Oldest Set:  Lost the box along time ago.  Universal set from ~1973
Favorite Themes:  Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:  Pneumatic Forklift
 
Location :  Los Alamos, NM (since 1992)
 
 Other fields: How about, the thing you have on your desk/in your pencil 
 case to tell others that you are a Lego addict?

1)  Technic front-end loader
2)  Car of my design with limites slip differential
          Both on to of one of my computers

So far have been able to convert several coneheads to the world of LEGOS!!

| Phil Tubesing   tubesing@lanl.gov
| Los Alamos National Labs         
| M/S G770  MST-6 Sigma Complex    
| Los Alamos NM 87545              
| (505) 667-5479




From: akay@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Andrew Kay)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 14:09:34 GMT

Name:   Andrew Kay
Age:    30
M.S.:   have co-mortgagee
Kids:   only me, but we have two goldfish and a full size cardboard
	human skeleton called Yorick.
Occupation:     computer scientist
First Sets:     I don't remember (mid/late 60s)
Favourite Sets: Sets? Favourite sets? Sets are just boxes of
pieces. 
Favourite Pieces: technics length 4 "cranks"
Favourite Themes: Technics, Dacta control lab
Number of pieces: Way up in the high Oodles by now
 
Special interests: walking machines, remote control, robotics

Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Edmund Halley Road,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA, United Kingdom.
Telephone +44-1865 747711; Fax +44-1865-747719 
Email: Andrew.Kay@prg.oxford.ac.uk  or @sharp.co.uk




From: ggellert@junction.net (Gary Gellert)
Date: 12 Jan 1995 09:09:50 -0800

Name: Gary Gellert
Age: 25
M.S.: single
Kids: none, thank God!
Employment: Carpenter
Number of sets in collection: 50+
Number of pieces: 10000+
Oldest set: Duplo bricks from early 70's
Favorite theme: Technics
Favorite set in collection: Not sure of name, but Technics Crane/ForkLift 
set from early 80's
Education: High School Graduate
Location: Lumby, BC, CANADA

|   ggellert@junction.net
|   fidonet  1:353/353.2 
|   amiganet 40:800/765.2
|  Coming to you live from  Lumby, British Columbia, CANADA




From: norska@access4.digex.net (NorskaWood)
Date: 13 Jan 1995 19:06:25 -0500

Name:  Vikki (aka NorskaWood) 
Age:  30 M.S.:  
Single Kids:  Do cats count?
Employment:  Computer Scientist with a major North American government :)
Number of Sets in Collection:  One Basic, 2 Pirates, 2 Dragon Masters
(Hey, I'm just getting started!) 
Number of Pieces:  Beats me.... <500
Oldest Set:  #720 Basic (C) 1985 
Favorite Themes:  Pirates, Dragon Masters
Favorite Set in Collection:  The newest addition, always.  Currently my
Magic Shop.  
Whine: My mommy never let me play with anything with more than one piece
to it (ok, slight exaggeration), so I was a deprived child.  I'm trying to
catch up. :) 




From: christy@hpbs2625.boi.hp.com (Christy Rohrig)
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:28:33 GMT
Reply-To: christy@hpbs2625.boi.hp.com (Christy Rohrig)

Name:  Christy Rohrig
Age: 24
M.S.: Not yet.
Kids:  None that I know of (and women usually know)
Employment:  Development Engingeer - Hewlett Packard, Boise, ID
Number of Sets in collections:  Not enough (only about 6)
Number of pieces:  Thousands
Oldest set:  A 1990 Firestation (I never had cool toys as a kid)
Favorite Themes:  TRAINS
Favorite Set in Collection : Load 'n' Haul RR (Got two of them!!!!!!!
and it's soooooo cool!)

Have a great year playing!!!




From: kkoehn@lichee.csil.sfu.ca (Kaari David Koehn)
Date: 13 Jan 1995 22:12:47 GMT
Reply-To: kkoehn@sfu.ca

Name: Kaari Koehn
Age: 22
M.S.: Attached
Kids: at heart
Education: undergrad Computer Engineering
Employment: student
Number of Sets: 20?
Number of Pieces: 1000+
Oldest Set: 701 (Old Space) & thereabouts
Themes: Old Space, Castle, Pirates
Newest Set: "Runner" pirate

If I weren't doing this by heart, I'd have real set numbers. I just wanted to  
mention that when Toys&Wheels (B.C. based chain) went bankrupt, I got good  
deals, but all the stuff I wanted was gone before I got there & my Pirate  
collection suddenly started.  I re-rigged the pirate skiff for working rigging
& tiller, using black thread.
____
Kaari
kkoehn@sfu.ca




From: zachnzach@aol.com (ZachNZach)
Date: 14 Jan 1995 00:26:00 -0500
Reply-To: zachnzach@aol.com (ZachNZach)

Name:  Steve Delfino & Crispin Richey
Age:  27 & 30
M.S.:  Unisex spousal equivalents
Kids:  Not yet
Employment:  Actuary, Financial Guy
Number of Sets in Collection:  ~220
Number of Pieces:  35,000
Oldest Set:  Some yellow construction sets from mid 70's
Favorite Themes:  Town, Monorails/Trains, Aquazone, Pirates, Technic,
okay, we can't decide.
Favorite Set in Collection:Lego TC Logo Robotics PC interface (from Dacta)
 We also bought 100 Santas from a toy store that was going out of business
for the ridiculous price of 23 cents each.  That's our proudest lego find.
Claim to Fame: Our lego addiction helped an engineer friend of ours get a
job at Lego in Enfield CT.  We now have an inside contact.  Although she
still refuses to tell us about upcoming product lines.  (What a good
little employee)




From: spetermc@iconz.co.nz (Peter McHaffie)
Date: 14 Jan 1995 19:18:42 GMT

Name:             Alistair
Age:              15
M.S.:             Not yet
Kids:             No way
Employment:       Student T.G.S NZ
Number of sets:   A hell of alot.
Number of pieces: Gerzillions
Favorite theme:   Technic is cool. I like building spaceships out of 
                  those standard two nobble wide red pieces.




From: roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk (Roy B Jephson)
Reply-To: roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 16:58:07 +0000

Name:  Roy Jephson
Age: 30
M.S.: Not yet
Kids:  None that I know of (but men don't always know :-) )
Employment:  Software Engineer - at a small company in England
Number of Sets in collections:  approx. 20
Number of pieces:  I prefer sticking them together rather than 
counting them
Oldest set:  I don't know, probably a technics set from the mid 80's
Favorite Themes:  trains, space and technics
Favorite Set in Collection : The big ones

I've thought of a new theme but I attempted to post that to the
appropriate thread. So you will have to go looking. :-)
-- 
Roy B Jephson
roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk




From: soholder@eos.ncsu.edu (Sheldon Owen Holder)
Date: 15 Jan 1995 19:15:09 GMT
Reply-To: soholder@eos.ncsu.edu (Sheldon Owen Holder)

Name: Owen Holder
Age: 19
M.S.: It is going to be a while
Kids:  None 
Employment:  I E student at North Carolina Stat University
Number of Sets in collections:  approx. 10
Number of pieces:  Don't have them here, and have not counted
Oldest set:  Early-80's Basic
Favorite Themes:  Technics
Favorite Set in Collection:  Mid-80's 4.5 Volt motor Technic Set (get
over it, I have not had the money to updaye yet!) 




From: JWSSAUER@WEDGE.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (J Sauer)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:56:37 GMT

Name: Jacob Sauer
Age: 19
Profession:  Engineering student at University of Waterloo, Canada.
Lego sets:   Many
Pieces:	     15 years worth
Favourite theme:  Castle
Best construct:  Tie fighter that I built just last year
Comments:
	This is the first time I've seen this group.  It was great to find
	so many people who share a love for lego.  I still take time to 
	check out the latest sets at the local toy store.




From: lou@tfnet.ils.unc.edu (Lou Sortman)
Date: 16 Jan 1995 16:10:45 GMT

Name:  Lou Sortman
Age:   27  
M.S.:  single
Kids:  0
Employment:  UNIX system administrator / net.guru
Number of Sets in Collection:  10-20
Number of Pieces:  thousands; never counted
Oldest Set:  Expert Builder auto chasis frmo the late '70s
Favorite Theme:  Technic 
Favorite Set:    Air Tech Claw Rig
Been collecting since:  ~1977 - hiatus - resumed ~1990

Whoever dies with the most LEGO wins.




From: flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy)
Date: 16 Jan 1995 21:12:48 GMT

Name:  Raymond S. Flournoy
Age:  28
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  None
Employment:  Graduate student, Instructor
Number of Sets in Collection:  maybe around 50?
Number of Pieces:  ?
Oldest Set:  some flat trees and joined-2x2 vehicle hitches from
	wa-a-ay back
Favorite Themes:  Castle
Favorite Piece in Collection:  the ghost!

flournoy@cs.stanford.edu 
Computer Science Dept.   
Stanford University, CA  




From: Jordan Maynard <maynard@ucssun1.sdsu.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 1995 06:57:32 GMT

Name: Jordan D. Maynard
Age: 19.8
Occupation: Student SDSU/ Product Analyst: Electronic Arts
Married: Not!
Kids: See above.
Number of sets in collection: 90+
Number of pieces: 5000+
Oldest Set: Ok, it is a Space Truck with a rocket on it and two
pure yellow Space Mini-figs without visors. Early 80s.
Favorite Themes: Castle, Space, AQUAZONE!
Favorite Set: right now I think its the Big Dragon Masters castle. 6082
Favorite thing I've built: A fantasy D&D style town that took most 
of the floor space in my room. We used it for a role-playing campaign
in which all the characters were mini-figs (or dragons!). I wrote all 
the rules for the combat before I ever heard of LEGOwars.




From: sally@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU (Sally_Garnaat)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:37:57 GMT
Reply-To: sally@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU

Name:    Sally Garnaat	        	Ben		  Lynn
Age:             43		         10		     6
M.S.:         married	        	nope	           nope
Kids:           yes                    nope		   nope
Occupation:  Comp App Spec           student            student
# Sets:         10                   hundreds            25-30?
# Pieces:     Hundreds        Thousands and thousands    hundreds
First Sets:   Majesto wkshop         Duplo misc        Lego 3+ plastic box
							('handed down Duplos')
							(but they weren't    )
							(ever really mine    )
Oldest Sets:      "            Lego (mom sold the Duplo)   Lego 3+ box
				(shame on Mom)
Favorite Set: Imperial Trading   Last one bought    
                     Post                                            
Favorite Theme:    Town           Space/Castle/          Belville
	                              Aquazone

Since I can't keep track of what my son has, I made a list of what instruction
books he has.  It came in VERY handy at birthday/Chistmas time.  I also kept
track of prices for comparison shopping.  It is a nice way of seeing what
we have, but is no longer being made.  Or what sets we should have bought
but didn't!  (I went thru shop at home this summer and entered every item 
in the catalog).

By the way, I called Dacta and ordered their catalog.  The  voice message
system said it would be shipped in 48 hrs.  We'll see how long it takes to get
here (now that my son has spent his Christmas money!)




From: "Rev. Doktor Drew" <drewt@rain.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:07:33 -0800

Name: Andrew "Dr. Drew" Tuttle
Age: 31
M.S.: double (un-hitched yet very attached)
Kids: Igby (an iguana puppet), Zilla (a plush Godzilla), Tiger Bear (a 
      large brown teddy bear given to me by my sweetheart), etc.
Employment: None (see location)
Number of sets in collection: more than 20
Number of pieces: more than 20 to the 3rd power
Oldest set: A yellow trailer truck from about 1970
Favorite theme: Islander (currently) also fond of Space
Favorite set in collection: My motorized Technic set
Location: Santa Barbara, California

Andrew Tuttle    
Rev. Doktor Drew 
drewt@rain.org   
drewt@io.com     




From: donnac@myhost.subdomain.domain (Donna Coumarianos)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:17:43 GMT

Name:   Donna Coumarianos
Age:    25
Marital Status:  Nearly married
Kids:    4 cats
Employment:   Admin Officer
Number of Sets in collection:  6 sets, plus a number of smaller kits (you
dont really count them as sets do you?) and childhood lego bricks.
Number of pieces:  unknown
Oldest set:   the lego set I was given when i was about five, would have
been in 1974 or 19755.  I have no
memory of the box it came  in, so I do not know what it was supposed to
make. Lots of pieces and red roof tiles.  Also a family with figures about
6cm high, much larger than minifigures.  I still have the little girl from
the family intact.
Favorite theme:  technic, town 
Location:  Brisbane, Australia

I am very new to this newsgroup and to lego collecting.  My boyfriend and I
have only been seriously into lego since about christmas last year.  It all
started about 6 months ago when we helped some people clean up their house
and came away with a small amount of someones lego collection in a tuperware
container large enough to fit a cake inside.  It sat in a cupboard for six
months, then one day just before xmas I walked passed it and decided it was
time I washed it.  That was it - we were hooked.  We both had lego as
children, Peters had long since died, but I went over to my mothers and got
mine.  We got a catalogue, bought six technics kits, got a friend of ours to
lend us his childhood lego (he is only ninteen or so, so he had 6080 a cool
castle, a train station, and heaps of space stuff), and here we are.




From: hoffinemc@alpha.hendrix.edu (MC SUCKA FOO)
Date: 17 Jan 95 11:53:26 -0600

Name: Matt Hoffine
Age: 21
M.S.: Single
Kids: yes, we are
Employment: Student...Hendrix College 
Major: Double major Philosophy and psychology...not smart enough to be 
       An engineer like most of you...sigh
# of sets: um...100's? 
# of pieces: Don't ask
oldest set: All I remeber about it is the person had bendy arms, and a very
            large head
Favorite theme: Old space freak...recent Castle convert
Fav. set: Yellow caste...because of the face guards
Favorite thing i have build:  A Monkey juicer....it squeezes the juice out
                              of the monkeys, parrots, and islanders so the
                              Wizards have something to drink.
Location: School is in Conway, Arkansas....20 min. N of Little Rock
	  Home is Houston, Tx

I thought my obsession with LEGO's was some sort of childhood trauma...now I'm
at least glad that is isn't unique. 




From: s900883@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Georgiou)
Date: 16 Jan 1995 07:26:16 GMT

Name: George Georgiou
Age: 23
M.S.: Single
Kids: Nope
Employment: Uni Student. (Aerospace Engineering)
Number of sets in collection: about 13
Number of pieces: about 5000 
Oldest set: LL914 spaceship, (I can remember getting the old floating 
police boat, which had mini-figs with non-moveable limbs.) but I 
only have a headless minifig remaining.
Favorite theme: Space, Castle 
Favorite set in collection: Not too sure (I love my mini-figs)
Location: Melbourne, Australia.




From: hollis@jacobs.mn.org (Holly Kilheffer)
Date: 17 Jan 1995 21:23:24 GMT

Name: Holly Kilheffer 
Age: 25 
Occupation: Freelance Artist/Writer 
Married: Almost, but not quite (Aug. '95) 
Kids: Bleck! Ick! Yuck! Then I'd have to share! :) 
Number of sets in collection: 30 
Number of pieces: haven't gotten around to counting them yet -- too busy 
                  using them! 
Oldest Set: First set I remember getting was a tow rig (#1572 -- 1985?) 
Favorite Themes: Castle, Trains 
Favorite Set: Train! (I've got the Load 'n' Haul, haven't peruaded the guy
                      to get me the new one yet :) 
Favorite Thing I've Built: Caboose for Load 'n' Haul

General Comments: I've been wanting to collect LEGO since I was very little  
                  (the neighbors had it and I didn't *waah* :) -- I finally 
                  started while I was in high school. Since then I've been  
                  able to persuade almost everyone who is a relative/friend 
                  that "buying Holly LEGOs is a GOOD thing" But I've
                  made it difficult because 1) I don't like the space themes 
                  2) I don't like anything that has the 3D molded bases and
                  3) I won't allow anyone (accept my fiancee) to buy me the   
                  large ($75+) sets.

holly k/hollis@abu.mn.org/hollis@winternet.com
don't "r" to the header -- that address doesn't exist! :)




From: drake@wam.umd.edu (daedalus)
Date: 18 Jan 1995 05:41:03 GMT

Name: Paul D. Samuel
Age: 21
M.S.: Nope
Kids: None
Employment: Student, undergaduate aeronautical engineer,
	Univ. of MD College Park
Number of Sets in Collection: ~100, more or less
Number of Pieces: No Idea
Oldest Set: Spirit of St. Louis, circa 1975, 76? Set number unknown
Favorite Themes: Space, but I think I'm going to really like Aquazone as
	well (It's sort of space like...)
Favorite Set in Collection: I can't narrow it down any further than these
	4 sets, so here goes:
	 Blacktron Renegade 6954
	 Space Police Spy-Trak 1 6895
	 Inter-Galactic Command Base 6971
	 X-1 Patrol Craft 6861




From: char@sunburn.racal.com (Charlotte Noll)
Reply-To: char@sunburn.racal.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:58:59 GMT

Name: Charlotte Noll char@sunburn.racal.com
Age:  36
M.S.: Married
Kids: 5YO son Justin
Employment:  Programmer
Number of Sets in Collection: about 30-40
Number of Pieces: 2 big Plano tackle boxes full and overflowing
Oldest Set:       Just started collecting when Justin was 2-3YO.
Favorite Themes:  Space, Technic and New Aquazone

Favorite Set in Collection:  The 2 new Aquazone submarines are great.
 My son and I checked out all the toy stores in the area over the last
 few weeks and bought all the new Aquazone sets except the big one.
 That will have to wait until our birthdays later this year.
 
Location: South Florida, USA

Bragging: My 5YO son put together his first set from the instructions 
 all by himself the other day. It was the new small Apollo space set and 
 boy was he proud of himself. He's always built stuff made up on his own
 which is great but he always thought the instructions were too hard. 
 Can't stop him now - he's off and building.




From: mdoar@amaryllis (Matthew Doar)
Date: 18 Jan 1995 16:18:27 GMT
Reply-To: mdoar@net.com

Name: Matthew Doar
Age: 28
M.S. To be married in April
Kids: None
Employment: Software Engineer, Networking
Number of sets in collection:  100 in lifetime
Number of pieces:  no idea
Oldest set: Basic set from 1971
Favorite Themes: technic, absolutely
Favorite set: Supercar

Matthew B. Doar			Ascom Nexion, Inc.
mdoar@nexen.com			289 Great Road,
+1 508 266 3468			Acton, MA 01720, USA




From: dan@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Allard)
Date: 18 Jan 1995 10:03:05 -0800

Name:  Dan Allard
Age: 25
M.S.: Single, living with SO
Kids: None (well, 1 Iguana)
Employment: Programmer/Engineer
Number of Sets in Collection: 20-30
Number of Pieces:  Unknown (see notes)
Oldest Set: Also unknown 
Favorite Themes:  Castle (Forestmen, Black Knight), Pirates
Favorite Set in Collection: Forestman's Fortress
Education: BS in Engineering Physics, Tufts U. in Boston MA
Notes: Some years ago I bought a large box of lego from a friend for 20$,
including a lot of the old space sets (the ones with blue and grey pieces,
plain spacemen), which is unfortunately still in Boston at my parents house.
I can't even guess how many pieces there are in it.  I am sure that my oldest
set is somewhere here.




From: talbot@vangelis.sandiegoca.attgis.com (Steve Talbot)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 04:09:15 GMT

Name: Eric Talbot
Age:  11
Emploment: 5th grade
Number of sets: 2 (that are still built)
Number of pieces: 1000?
Favorite Themes: Space, Technic
Favorite Set: Recon Robot
Oldest Set: Dragsters from 1990

-- 
Steve.Talbot@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM
NCR Corporation, LCPD-San Diego
16550 West Bernardo Dr.
San Diego, CA 92127




From: gcs@dsto.defence.gov.au (Gary Speechley)
Date: 19 Jan 1995 05:49:05 GMT
Reply-To: gcs@dsto.defence.gov.au

Name:                  Gary Speechley
Age:                   38
Location:              Hurstville, NSW Australia
Occupation:            Researcher, submarine sonars
Married:               Yes, 11 years
Kids:                  1 upstart miniature Schnauzer
Number of sets:        40+
Number of pieces:      who knows?
Oldest Set:            The one I got when I was MUCH, MUCH younger, still with
                       the original boxes and fold-out town plan.
Favorite Themes:       Technic
Favorite Set:          The large Technic helicopter
Favorite Construction: I used to make submarines, four feet long.

My first job was with Lego. Their distribution centre was located
where my father worked as part of the Taubmans paint factory at
Villawood. (I think there was a link between Coultalds/Taubmans/Lego
here in Australia in the early days). My job was to complete demo
models received from Denmark if they were damaged in transit.  I
recall receiving a half-completed model ship and asked to do the
superstructure.  To achieve this, a stack of water-damaged boxes were
delivered to me with the offer that I could keep anything I didn't
need for the ship. Needless to say, I was in to minimalist structures
long before engineers discovered finite-element analysis!  My father
eventually became a storeman for Lego, and in my early teens, I'd have
a job during school holidays and some weekends filling orders on the
warehouse, or helping to unload the latest container shipment.

It was my first paying job!

---
         D E P A R T M E N T  O F  D E F E N C E
        Defence Science & Technology Organisation

  Contact Details:     Gary.Speechley@dsto.defence.gov.au

  Gary C Speechley               CIS: [100236,2246]
  DSTO Australia                 Wk:  +61 2 6921432 ph
  PO Box 44                           +61 2 6600019 fx
  PYRMONT NSW 2009               Hm:  +61 2 5703870 ph/fx




From: bowerm@hfsi.hfsi.com (Michael Bower)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:47:20 GMT

Name:  Michael F. Bower
Age:  48
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  2 girls, 2 boys (11, 8.5, 6.5, 5)
Employment:  data comm engineering, project manager
Number of Sets in Collection:  Unknown
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set:  Basic set from early 80's
Favorite Themes:  Space
-- 
Michael Bower                                           HFS Inc.
bowerm@hfsi.com                                7900 Westpark Dr.
(703) 827-3559 (w)                                        MS-804




From: jwrasse@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (john d wrasse)
Date: 27 Jan 1995 19:35:42 GMT

Name: John Wrasse
AGE:  27
M.S.: Married
KIDS: Not human; 2 cats and 1 dog
EMPLOYMENT: Indiana University Bookstore
NUMBER OF SETS: 10+
NUMBER OF PIECES: 2500+
FAVORITE THEME: Technic
FAVORITE SET: First Technic set - Go Kart
OLDEST SET: Part of the Lego Town
CURRENT PROJECT: Lego Cuckoo Clock (this is not a set - yet)




From: jasonha@bgnet.bgsu.edu (Jason Haislet)
Date: 28 Jan 1995 17:31:52 GMT
Reply-To: jasonha@bgnet.bgsu.edu (Jason Haislet)

	I just found this Lego newsgroup and i am so excited :) :) :)
I have had lego since i was about 5,  every year for Christmas I got at 
least one set of Legos, usually more.  I most Have the Town system.  I do 
have a few Questions.

	1) where do i find the FAQ for r.t.l?
	2) are there any ftp sites?
	3) are there any Lego stores?
	4) does the Lego company pay poeple for new ideas?
	5) is anybody planning a trip to LegoLand?

	I have created some awesome vechiles and buildings in my Lego years

	Just some general info. about me
	
Name: Jason Haislet
Age: 20
School: Bowling Green State Univeristy
City: Bowling Green
State: Ohio
Major: Theatre

	I hope to be a regular poster on this newsgroup.
	



From: deroo@sproing.ultranet.com (John DeRoo)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:38:16 LOCAL

Name:		John DeRoo
M.S.:		Divorced
Physical Age:	29
Mental Age:	16
Children:		  2
Employment:	Electrical Engineer (digital chip design for disk drives)
Number of Sets:	Several of my own, plus several more I "share" with my kids
Number of pieces:	Many
Oldest Set:	~6 yrs - All of my childhood sets "somehow
		disappeared" while I was a teeneager and I didn't
		notice until I was about 23 :-(
Favorite Themes:	Technics, Lego-Logo (conceptually)
Favorite Set in Collection:	Oh, yeah, all the pieces *did* come
		from individual sets, didn't they?  I particularly
		like playing with the pneumatic pieces and with the
		other power-transmission pieces.
Location:	Marlborough, Mass.
Sets I Most Desire:	1) The Technic set with the electric pneumatic pump.
		2) A Lego-Logo RS232ish interface
Most Memorable Building Accomplishments:	A hanging monorail I
		built when I was 10 after going to Disney Land and an
		implementation of a vehicle suspension system that I
		found in Nasa Tech Briefs (mine was simpler and the
		working model was a *lot* cheaper!)
Current Project(s):	None :-(

John DeRoo, Marlborough, MA.  E-Mail: deroo@sproing.ultranet.com




From: iridian@netcom.com (Rebecca Glenn)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:23:56 GMT

Name: Becky Glenn (iridiank@netcom.com)
Age: 27
M.S: Single
Kids: No
Employment: Desktop Publishing for a major Defense Contractor
Number of Sets in Collection: lots
Number of Pieces: lots more
Oldest Set: Universal Building Set from 70s
Favorite Themes: Space, Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set: Difficult to say, but it's a draw between my Galaxy 
Explorer (one of the first space sets) and the King's Castle (the grey 
one that came out just after the yellow one)
Extra Tidbit: I remember this old old set I used to have, and I know I 
still have the pieces but somehow the instructions went astray. It was 
one of those London buses, with two levels. If anyone knows what I'm 
talking about, I'd appreciate knowing that it's not just an acid 
flashback.
-- 
rlg
the reaper
iridian@netcom.com and rebecca_glenn@fmc.com




From: mohonk94@aol.com (Mohonk94)
Date: 1 Feb 1995 00:20:23 -0500
Reply-To: mohonk94@aol.com (Mohonk94)

Name: Chris Stoffel
Age: 31
Married: no
Kids: no
Occupation: Group Billing Administrator at Mohonk Mountain House
Career goal: Lego Robotics Programmer
Number of Sets:15+
Number of Pieces: not enough +
Oldest Set: Air Tech Claw Rig - starting over again, somewhere in my
parents attic the really old pieces are waiting to be rediscovered.
Favorite Themes: Technic
Favorite Set: Air Tech Claw Rig
Favorite Things: wheels, motors and pneumatics
General Comments: with an interest in computers and robots, I think the
Technic sets will let me explore more and have fun at the same time.  I'm
looking forward to integrating my computers with my Lego sets.  Time for
fun now and get serious later.




From: Ryan Hagglund <rhagglun@paul.spu.edu>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 22:19:13 -0800

Name:   Ryan Hagglund
AGE:  	20
M.S.:	Single
EMPLOYMENT:  Full-time student at Seattle Pacific 
	University                          
NUMBER OF SETS:  50+
NUMBER OF PIECES:  I don't even want to try to count that high
FAVORITE THEME:  Space
FAVORITE SET:  I don't know, I buy the sets for the pieces, not for the 
	model they are intended to make
OLDEST SET:  The old fire station (I got it when I was four).  It was 
	before they had the station doors that scrolled up and lego figures 
	with moving arms and feet.
CURRENT PROJECT:  I don't have room in my dorm room for my Legos; I had 
	to leave them at home :(

Ryan Hagglund              
Seattle Pacific University 
Seattle, Washington        
rhagglun@paul.spu.edu      




From: stone@uno.cc.geneseo.edu (Leonie Stone)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 14:35:06 UNDEFINED

Name:  Lee Stone
AGE:  34
M.S.: Married (to Paul who doesn't quite get the Lego thing but doesn't 
complain either)
KIDS: Jonathan (8 months-- too little for Duplo);  cats (Edgar, Igor, Chan) 
who think they _are_ the right age, dog (Galen) who is disgusted by everything
EMPLOYMENT:  Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Geneseo
NUMBER OF SETS: 30?
NUMBER OF PIECES: you must be kidding....
FAVORITE THEME: Castle, Pirates, Train
FAVORITE SET: Any of the train stuff
OLDEST SET:  Gears from my childhood
CURRENT PROJECT: Filling my office with Lego




From: reuel_victa@cpqm.saic.com
Date: 3 Feb 1995 17:31:53 GMT

Name: Reuel Victa
AGE: 33
M.S.: Married (wife's name is Terry)
KIDS: 6-year old rabbit (Koko)
EMPLOYMENT: Programmer/Analyst (Science Applications International Corp.)
NUMBER OF SETS: 20+
NUMBER OF PIECES: We'll let the kids count 'em when we have some.
FAVORITE THEME: Space, Technic
FAVORITE SET: The helicopter. My little cousins and friends like to
		play with it.
OLDEST SET: Some odds and ends from long ago.
CURRENT PROJECT: Setting up a town in one of our spare rooms to
		include our monorail.




From: scottec@netcom.com (Scott Cunningham)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 16:13:42 GMT

Name: Scott Cunningham
AGE: 26 (mentaly 10)
M.S.: Engaged (wife's name will be Kathy)
KIDS: Dog (mixed Malties - Peaches) Cat (American shorthair - Corky Sherwood)
EMPLOYMENT: Service Bureau Tech
NUMBER OF SETS: 5 (third start - previously 30+)
NUMBER OF PIECES: 1241
FAVORITE THEME: Pirates + Space (Hah! Space Pirates!)
FAVORITE SET: The ones I gave away :-(   [snif]  (But I'll have new 
                 favorites soon!)
OLDEST SET: Then - Some Samsonite    Now - #1715 400pc wonder!
CURRENT PROJECT: Rebuilding my empire of long ago




From: blairiii_r@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Ken Blair)
Date: 5 Feb 1995 17:41 CST

Name: Ken Blair
Age: 23
Married: no
Kids: no
Occupation: Full time student @ The University of Houston (downtown)
Career goal: To graduate from college
Number of Sets: 150+ (estimate)
Number of Pieces: 25,452+ (count)
Oldest Set: #653 - Legoland, small, white red cross helicopter and ambulance
 from about 1975 or so.
Favorite Themes: Technic, train
Favorite Set: #8088 Technic Super Car & #4558 Metroliner train set.
General Comments: I've been collecting Lego sets for about 19 or 20 years,
 and after a long lapse, I've recently been very interested in the Technic and
 train series.  I have a Lego railroad made up of over 200+ rail sections
 that is attached to the ceiling of my apartment.  While this is not the
 best place for a railroad, it's all I have room for.  The switch tracks
 are remote-controlled pneumaticly, using all Lego parts except most of the
 80 feet of air tubing which was cheaper at the local hobby store.

---(> Ken Blair - blairiii_r@dt3.dt.uh.edu




From: jkelly3@ix.netcom.com (John Kelly III)
Date: 6 Feb 1995 04:14:23 GMT

Name: John Kelly III
Age: 23
Married: Yup
Kids: Nope
Occ: Formally LEGO Model Builder; now Computer Tech
#of sets: >500
#of pcs: >30,000
oldest set: Orginal Space Lander (Eagle One, I think)
favorite themes: train,space,town,aquazone,castle
favorite set: Super Car 8808

i worked for LSI in enfield for a year and half as a model builder.
i helped build the Invention Adventure (moving to Baltimore I think),
toy fair exhibits for 1994, (25x islander firgure, others), and parts
of the mall of america change over in 1994.  i have a ton of sets that
i had been collecting since i was seven.  when i ran out of money for
college in fall 1992, i came to work at LEGO imagination centre in mpls.
after six months there, i was sent to enfield to be a model builder.

time of my life.  every brick of every color in every shape.  
technically, we are only allowed to use elements that are found in sets
at the time of creation.  (2x4 green bricks are made and are allowed
because you could make those out of 2x4 green plates.)  

my wife and i got married after meeting at LIC(LEGO Imagination Centre)
it was a "LEGO" wedding.  we had LEGO centerpieces on all the tables, 
and had playtables and a eight foot tower at the reception.

i'm new to the 'net, so i don't know how many times these questions 
have been answered and since i do not have a unlimited bank account, i
will not be able to go over all the messages.  please email if there 
are questions i can answer about model building.

john kelly

p.s.  if you email, tell me what my address is.  i got on the net esp.
to see this newsgroup.  (the company mentioned it.)




From: mmany@gosset.math.uno.edu ( Meredith Many)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:38:56 GMT

Name: Meredith Many
AGE: 42
M.S.: Yes (tolerant husband David Eatman)
KIDS: Two - one 3.5 yr old boy(John) - we "share" the legos 
      and one 12 yr old Siamese cat(Sparky)
EMPLOYMENT: math instructor - university of new orleans
NUMBER OF SETS: 15 (?)
NUMBER OF PIECES: not enough
FAVORITE THEME: Pirates(John) + Castles + Town (me)
FAVORITE SET: no specific set, but favorite pieces: the pirate minifig
with hook on one hand (Captain Hook), a miscellaneous pirate (Smee), and
one lone forestman (Peter Pan) 
OLDEST SET: Misc Duplo train pieces - bought second hand - have sustained
 1.5 years of constant play. 
CURRENT PROJECT: On the drawing board: We'd like to build some sort of  
Never Never Land.  Involves building and painting the right size table,  
then construction of the important parts.  The pirates ship is the easy  
part, the indian camp, mermaid lagoon, and hangmans tree are still in 
hazy idea form.  Any suggestions? 




From: rgregory@dseg.ti.com (Ron Gregory)
Reply-To: rgregory@dseg.ti.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:58:12 GMT

Name: Ron Gregory
AGE: 31
M.S.: Married 11 years - wife Tracey
KIDS: Austin (just turned 3 on 1/31) 
      Samantha (dog - German Sheppard mix - will be 2 on 7/10)
EMPLOYMENT: Software Engineer - Texas Instruments, Plano, TX
NUMBER OF SETS: 30+
NUMBER OF PIECES: 25,000+
FAVORITE THEME: Space/Technic/Train
FAVORITE SET(s): Load N' Haul RR, space monorail, and Technic Control Center
OLDEST SET: old gear set 
CURRENT PROJECT: Building a custom LEGO table with drawers and plexiglass top.
                 Tracey sold the one I built previously, and I haven't built
                 any LEGO projects, since.  I need a new table to inspire me.




From: giannone@valkyrie.LightStream.COM (Tony Giannone)
Date: 7 Feb 1995 10:43:02 -0500

Name: tony giannone
AGE: 38 (next week :-)
M.S.: married
KIDS: Greg (3), Jessica (11), and Aimee (13)
EMPLOYMENT: manufacturing engineer
NUMBER OF SETS: ~30
NUMBER OF PIECES: a whole bunch
FAVORITE THEME: none
FAVORITE SET: the next one
OLDEST SET: don't know (started buying LEGO when Greg was 1yo)
CURRENT PROJECT: create a unique toy for Greg (i.e. one that he won't feel
                 compelled to destroy minutes after its completion :-)




From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward)
Date: 07 Feb 1995 19:54:09 GMT

Name: William R. Ward
AGE: 23
M.S.: 'living in sin'
KIDS: 0
EMPLOYMENT: Contractor (Unix System Admin/Programmer)
NUMBER OF SETS: lots
NUMBER OF PIECES: lots
FAVORITE THEME: Space & Technic
FAVORITE SET: anything with lots of cool pieces
OLDEST SET: probably the Family set, but some pieces are probably missing
CURRENT PROJECT: none at the moment; last project was a 3-4 foot long
	spaceship with lots of cool features

--
    /|      William R Ward                Bay View Consulting Services
   / |\     hermit@cats.ucsc.edu                 1803 Mission St. #339
  /  | \    +1 408/479-4072                    Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA
  ---|  \   Finger hermit@ucscb.ucsc.edu for PGP public key
 |------/   Home sweet home: 1970 Cal 27 _Iguana_
~~~~~~~~~~




From: s3500075@nickel.laurentian.ca
Date: 7 Feb 95 22:35:26 -0500

Here's my shot!  I've been lurking for a while since I found the group and
this makes a good introduction:


Name: Heather Fraser
AGE  20
LOCATION  Sudbury,Ontario
MS  Engaged (Brian, date as yet unset)
KIDS  None yet (thank god, I'm not done with my lego yet!!)
EMPLOYMENT  Geology/Engineering Student @ Laurentian University  // Keeping
  useless profs employed, and learning from the good ones
#OF SETS  3 @ University and ?? at home
#OF PIECES  Never Enough
FAVOURITE THEME  Castles
FAVOURITE SET  All of them
OLDEST SET  The house set I was given at my first Christmas (aged 18 days) as a
  joke on my father who I still have to fight off to get at the lego.
CURRENT PROJECT  Avoiding exam/study stress and trying to find unique ideas for
  my wedding


Funny but true:

	I have no depth perception and find it difficult to think in 3-d.  When
I came to University last year I got strange looks around res. as I'd build
models to help with my engineering projects.   While tutoring in res this year
on calculus (area of revolution with integrals) I got out the lego and spread
it out on the common kitchen table to show my point.  Everyone called me crazy,
but the end result was a 90% on the test, and all night lego fest (5am when I 
went to bed) and about 10 people bringing back lego after Christmas Break!!




From: kittle@sde.hp.com (Ron Kittle)
Date: 9 Feb 1995 17:13:58 GMT
Reply-To: kittle@fc.hp.com

I figured I better add my name to the list, since Mark Hornblower is
going to post statistics...

Name: Ron Kittle
Age: 31
M.S: Single
Kids: No, just nieces
Employment: Software Engineer at HP
Number of Sets in Collection: 30+
Number of Pieces: 11,000+
Oldest Set: Large gears from 70s, etc.  I've got some of those "Two 2x2
            'wafer thin' flats connected by a plastic stem" pieces. :-)
Favorite Themes: Technic, Trains
Favorite Set: Super Car #8880, hands down.
Favorite Creation: A Lego Shay steam locomotive.  A Shay is a geared
                   locomotive, with three upright pistons on one side.
                   My Lego version uses the technic pistons, which pump
                   as the engine moves (powered off one of the wheels).
                   Shays were used mostly for logging operations, which
                   required narrow gauge tracks, tight turns, and steep
                   grades.  That makes the Lego turns a little more 
                   realistic.  :-) I plan to put a jpg file on the net
                   when I get pictures of it.




From: ktatroe@badgercom.com (k.tatroe)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 12:31:06 -0700

Name:     kevin tatroe
Age:      23 (or 10, or so :)
M.S:      SNG (single nice guy)
Kids:     Two cats; they contribute by breaking things
Job:      Software Engineer at BadgerCom Software; teacher-in-training
# Sets:   300+
# Pieces: 75,000+ (by PPH (piece per head) estimation)

Oldest Set:  Eagle One (lunar lander)
Fav. Themes: Islanders, Technic, Castle, Pirates
Fav. Set:    All of the Islanders, all pre-87ish Castle

Current project:
 Designing a cathedral. A friend and I have gotten the north wing (the
 nave, I believe) completed. It's about five SCP (standard castle pieces)
 tall, and one-and a half of the large gray plates long. We are beginning
 to run out of pieces, so we're not sure how on earth we're going to do
 the other three wings. It has a pipe organ. I might try to borrow a
 friend's QuickTake 100 to do jpegs.




From: ea93boma@hj.se (Magnus Boivie)
Date: 9 Feb 1995 15:20:58 GMT

Name:  Magnus Boivie
Age:   21
M.S.:  At parents and brother
Kids:  0
Employment:  economic studying at university
Number of Sets in Collection:  lots
Number of Pieces:  lots
Oldest Set: From the beginning of the 70:s
Favorite Themes:  Trains and Technics
Favorite Set in Collection: Technics fork-lift truck
Location : Jönköping, Sweden




From: normmoesch@aol.com (NormMOesch)
Date: 10 Feb 1995 07:51:39 -0500
Reply-To: normmoesch@aol.com (NormMOesch)

Name:  Norm M Oesch
AGE:  29
M.S.:  almost :)
KIDS:  none, they're _my_ LEGO bricks
OCCUPATION:  Warehouse Manager
NUMBER OF SETS:  78(in my 2nd incarnation of LEGO obsession)
NUMBER OF PIECES:  more than 3(well, it is)
OLDEST SET:  Black Monarch's Castle(this time round)
FAVORITE THEMES:  Train
FAVORITE SET:  the Trial Size pack my fiancee gave me that
   rekindled my love of LEGO toys




From: justjm24@aol.com (JustJM24)
Date: 16 Feb 1995 20:36:17 -0500
Reply-To: justjm24@aol.com (JustJM24)

Name: Jean Ledoux
AGE  :  43
SINGLE
KIDS:  Girl 23, Boy22, Girl21
EMPLOY: Self
#Sets, 40+
#Pieces, Still computing...am working on a data base now
FAVORITE..Theme, Legoland...SET  Big Truck Stop...love Vehicles!
OLDEST SET:  Space ship, early 1970's

Always looking to buy sell or trade....




From: mmccall@vader.cc.emory.edu (Utopia's Princess of the Universe)
Date: 19 Feb 1995 21:45:44 -0600

I'm having probs with my newsreader, so I will try to do this by memory.

Name: Malinda
AGE: 29 (I think)
Marital Status: single ("living in sin" for past four years)
KIDS: No. LEGOs are mine, all mine. :)
OCCUPATION: Ophthalmology librarian at Emory U. Hosp.
EDUCATION: BA in Fine Arts, BA in English, minor in Communictations
# of PIECES: Er, are you kidding? Answers (choose one):
[a] Too damn many (when no models are built and I have to store them)
[b] Too damn few (especially of one piece/color when building from 
imagination)
[c] A kajillion
[d] lots
# of SETS: Um, what constitutes a set? Does a $2.79 Black Knight count as 
a set because it is in a box by itself? (See below for listing.)
Claim to Fame: Using LEGOs as stress therapy, building six houses around 
a garden square last night using Mega Blox baseplates and a grey LEGO 
baseplate: blue police station, yellow duplex, red hotel, white and pink 
private home, red private home, pizzaria. Turn the baseplate, all the 
buildings have open backs and multiple floors. Pizzaria has outdoor 
dining, cars can go around several buildings and the square. No 
particular reason. Swiped Mega Blox chandelier, turned it upside down and 
made it a fountain in square.
What got me started: Bought #6237 (pirates with chest and parrot) and 
#6401 Seaside Cabana together for under $8 when I accompanied my 
boyfriend and our tenant/roommate David to TRU (they needed new Frisbees for 
Frisbee Golf). That was last year. Never had LEGOs when younger. BF gave 
me old pieces including a damaged baseplate that sounds like the one 
everyone's discussing: 24 x 40.
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The "o"'s are white dots and the "x"'s are flat areas.
I also have some odd pieces like 1x2 and 2 x 3 POLICE bricks, a piece 
that looks like a firetruck piece, some red and yellow "Legoland" bricks, 
some red bricks with LEGO on them, a hinged "claw" for a crane, some 
pulley/crane pieces, etc, all that Steve had when young. Many of his are 
glue-damaged. (He was a destructive child and used to stage actual fires 
in Legoland. Glue he used burned satisfactorily I guess.) Lots of old wheels.

SETS owned:
4151 Freestyle with pink items I already posted about, including pink floral
awnings, pink doors and two shades of pink windows, two shades of pink 
flowers, pink 'champage' glasses, pink-topped Legolady
6405 Lost box. Horse and girl with grey pants and pink "horse" shirt, 
pale green baseplate
6414 Dolphin Point
1860 Try Me! Freestyle in bag with Legoman
1670 Sampler with odd door and window (yellow, with red 2-wide sills)
6430 Police car _Night Patroller_ I posted about earlier w/ 9v lights/siren
6350 _Pizza To Go_ (Box damaged, have only back panel)
6664 _Chopper Cops_. Lost box.
6009 Black knight (smallest set owned) with knight and horse. Period. $2.79.
Yellow saddle for horse.
6034 _Black ??Monarch's?? Ghost_ ghost, knight, mini-castle w/ doors. Blue 
saddle for horse.
6319 Trees and flags (kept only back panel of box)
6402 _Sidewalk Cafe'_
4162 Freestyle with green 2 x 3 curved pieces (2x2 top w/ curve, 2 x 3 
bottom), green whip, green flag, red & white striped awnings, blue doors & 
windows, red "coffee" mugs
6410 _Cabana Beach_
1967 _Bonus Pack ('with free windsurfer model!')_ Includes 1959 
Chopper/Flight series, 1969 robot/Space Police series, 1970 flintlock 
gun/cannon, two figs/Pirates series, 1971 catapult/Black Knights series, 
windsurfer (red) with two buoys. Total of six male minifigs. Found at 
Woolworth's in odd Lego package.
6411 _Sand Dollar Cafe'_
6056 _Dragon Wagon_ with dragon, yay! Red saddles for horses, red 
'dragon' horse blinders.
6416 _Poolside Paradise_ Bought chiefly for the baseplate and large clear 
pieces, mailbox.
6048 _Majisto's Magical Workshop_ Bought for Majisto. Hinged, opens by 
putting halves on separate baseplates.
6314 _City People_ Bought for bicycle and champagne glasses (early 
purchase, charm has since faded a little. :) )
4011 _Cabin Cruiser_ Gift, no box to be found, do have instructions. Does 
float. Has shark.
 545 Basic set--comes with six-partitions and two basepaltes to store 
"all" your Legos. (Ha!)
6401 _Seaside cabana_. Lost box.
6105 _Medieval Knights_. I like the helmet decorations the best.
6237 Pirates with chest of gold, parrot. Lost box. Small sample set.
5140 Polybagged red bricks from S@H
5142 Polybagged white bricks from S@H
5137 Town accent pieces from S@H
5149 Doors and windows (these have green shutters, red pieces and white 
accents)

I have no desire to collect Technic people or Belville. I would collect 
Space if I had room. I don't so I collect Town and Paradisa mostly, but I 
can't resist the medieval figs/sets. :)

Fave sets: all. Also: last set bought, set I plan to buy next...sets I can't
afford...
Fave pieces: usually the little accent  pieces like glasses, animals, 
brushes and shovels, swords, plumes and helmet decorations, treasure 
chests, bikes, etc. The minifigs are my favorite pieces. :) I don't have 
nearly enough hair for the women, though. I do have a LOT of caps.
Majisto w/ wand and dragon and 'scroll'. Knight with ghost. 9V police car.
Least favorite piece: Mega Blox :), tiny 'roof' flats.
(Mega sets I own: barrel of 1000 pieces, blockblaster, house.)

Sets I want BADLY: (Santa? I've been REALLY good...)
6339 Shuttle
6597 Airport
6562 Octan station
6044 King's carriage
6008 King on horseback
6398 Knight with skeleton
6398 Police station
The infamous "Midnight Transport" set I forgot the number to.
6483 _Coastal Patrol_ (9V set)
6399 _Airport Shuttle_
6409 _Island Arcade_ (mostly for minifigs, glasses and seats)
6376 _Breezeway Cafe'_ It's a restaurant with RED accents and a minifig 
with a Stetson hat.
6273 _Rock Is. Refuge_
4163 Freestyle (with motor/9V)
4161 Freestyle with more figs and a storage case.
 565 Build-and-store chest
 737 Freestyle with firetruck & 9V lights/siren action
6419 _Rolling Acres_ To 'complete' Paradisa, though I dislike the Acrade 
and Playground sets in comparison to other sets
4554 _Metrostation_ *****
4558 _Metroliner_ *****
4548 Speed regulator
4547 _Club Car_ ********
6345 _Aerial Acrobats_
6090 King's castle
4539 RR Crossing w/ guard
6666 Ambulance
6254 _Pirate's Plunder_
6539 _Victory Cup Racers_
6571 Firehouse (not _Fire Control Center_)


Another idea for lurking LEGO employees: LEGO post office! Children can 
enjoy putting letters into lock boxes and blue postal boxes (red for UK 
sets), putting the happy mailman in his postal truck with lots of yellow 
and white letterds and packages (I imagine some flats printed with sheets 
o stamps and flats printed to resempble magazines.) Adults can get a 
flintlock gun and play "Disgruntled postal worker!" If a deluxe set, you 
can have a motorized conveyor belt moving all the deposited mail to a 
waiting bag or container w/ wheels and LOTS of disgruntled postal 
workers. :) Maybe a working teeny bell on the counter. Don't forget flats 
with "wanted" on them and a draft poster for US sets. :) Maybe even a 
place to take "passport photos" complete with harrassed postal-
worker-in-charge-of-passport-stuff. Cool, huh?

I know I mentioned Santa, but I forgot to say that Majisto is already a 
good model. Just change the color scheme a little. :)

Ta,
Malinda




From: rcarter@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter)
Date: 20 Feb 1995 14:30:37 -0700

Name:				Ronald L. Carter
Age:				40
Employment:			President of own computer software company
Education:			Degrees in art history and EE
Location:			Colorado, USA
Number of Sets in Collection:	30+, mostly small sets, plus buckets
Number of Pieces:		5,000 plus
Oldest Set:			Some loose pieces of Samsonite era stuff
Favorite Themes:		Ice Planet, Islanders, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection:	Whatever one I am working on  :-)
LEGO Claim to Fame:		Corrected a typo in one of the LEGO catalogs
-- 
Ron Carter \ Director \ Center for the Study of Creative Intelligence
 CSCI \ Denver, CO USA \ "AAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
  rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu \                                   - Calvin




From: adf4@lns598.lns.cornell.edu (Andrew Foland)
Date: 21 Feb 1995 23:55:16 -0500

Name: Andy Foland
Age: 22 (yrs.)
Sets: 70+
Pieces: 9000 (??)
Oldest: Alpha-1 Rocket Base (contemporary with the infamous LL924)
Favorite Set: 375/6075 Yellow Castle
Theme Interests: Castle, Pirate

Current Projects: Battle of Borodin using red and blue Imperial
 Guards (and one hapless Townee as Pierre Bezuhov); Cathedral.

Anyone who finds/has blue Imperials will contribute greatly to
the cause (though I gather I'm competing with Erik Wilson in
this regard.)




From: kcg@vnet.ibm.com (Kevin Griffin)

Name:  Kevin Griffin
Age:   24
M.S.:  Single
Kids:  None
Employment: Software Engineer  
Number of Sets in Collection: 79 
Number of Pieces:  Unknown
Oldest Set: A set with faceless Lego figures.
Favorite Themes:  Space
Favorite Set in Collection:  Galaxy Explorer 

Location :  Rochester, MN




From: jonesnm@mail.auburn.edu (Nancy M Jones)
Name: Randall Jones
Age: 41
M.S.: Married
Kids: Preston,13 and Alana,10
Employment: Pediatrician
# of sets: 45 or so
Oldest Set: Basics sets from about 1984
Favorite Themes: Alana and me: Castles: Preston: Space, by far
Favorite Set: Mach II Red Bird Rig Model Team (new this Christmas)
Education: University of Georgia and Medical College of Georgia




From: Chad Leinaweaver <cleinawe@lynx.dac.neu.edu>

Name:  Chad Leinaweaver
Age:  23
M.S.:  single
Kids:  not quite yet
Employment:  graduate student of history at Northeastern University
             in Boston
Number of Sets in Collection: 75-150 
Number of Pieces:  10,000+
Oldest Set: Basic sets from the mid-seventies
Favorite Themes:  Town
Favorite Set in Collection: Main Street (from 1980) 

Location: Boston, Massachusetts cleinawe@lynx.neu.edu




From: cando@dorsai.org (Alex)

Name: Alex Lis
Age:18
Married: No
Kids: No
Employment: Electrical/computer Engineering student.
Number of sets: Unkown, all pieces semi-sorted by type (plate, brick, 
	window, etc) in containers.
Number of pieces: Between 25000 - 26000 (close estimate).
Oldest set: Original Main Street Fire Department set + unkown set circa 78-79.
Favorite themes: B
Favorite set: Technic pneumatic line & older main st. sets.
Education: ...getting there.. credit by credit...
Notes: Build (only) large, fully detailed (inside, out) buildings.
Biggest gripe: Not being able to buy Lego in large quantities & LSAHS not 
having and WHITE WINDOW & DOOR SETS!!!!!! Red windows don't stand out with 
RED brick!!




From: Barry Shell <shell@sfu.ca>

Name: Barry Shell    shell@sfu.ca
Age:  43
M.S.: Married
Kids: 7YO son Sam
Employment:  Science Writer/ Hacker
Number of Sets in Collection: 20 +
Number of Pieces: Thousands +
Oldest Set:       ca. 1989
Favorite Themes:  motorizing, Castles, Vehicles, Technic and New Aquazone

Favorite Set in Collection:  The electric motor and battery pack.
 
Location: Vancouver, BC Canada

Bragging: Interested in putting together an on-line team to create a
Lego CD-ROM software game that allows you to build virtual 3D models
rotate them, animate them and even play with others over the network.
Ideally, in the true sense of the hacker ethic this would be shareware.

I'm collecting ideas and names of interested programmers.




From: teel@is2.nyu.edu (teel)

Name: Kay Teel
Age: 27
Married: No
Kids: No
Employment: Librarian
Number of sets: Circa 30, maybe
Number of pieces: No idea
Oldest set: I had basic building sets as a kid, which my wicked parents
gave to a yard sale! The oldest set that I still own is one of the little
blue spaceships, bought in 1986.
Favorite themes: Pirates, Castle.
Favorite set: Black Seas Barracuda.
Education: B.A., History, Boston University; M.S., Library Science,
Columbia University.
Notes: Some well-meaning friends bought me some Paradisa for Christmas.
Although I like the roulette wheel, and the ice cream truck is kinda
nifty (esp. the yellow drawer that pulls out), I hate the pastel
colors! Yuck!




From: David G Williams <dgwillia@willamette.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 20:20:50 -0800
Organization: Willamette University, Salem, OR, USA

Name: David G. Williams
Age: 20
E-Mail Address: dgwillia@willamette.edu
Marital Status:Single
Kids:NONE
Employment: Student
Location: Salem, OR
Number of Sets Owned: I am not quite sure of this number.  I have two 
huge boxes filled with legos.  I'm thinking, somewhere in the 
hundreds.
Number of Pieces: Again this is rather ambiguous.  See above.
Oldest Set: circa 1980
Favorite Theme(s): Definitely the Town Theme
Favorite Set(s): I am rather partial to both the aquatic motif, i.e. the 
fire ship and the police and coast guard boats.  I also have a certain 
flare for aviatic themes.  I have a circa 87 airport that I enjoy.  I 
must say, however, that I have always enjoyed purchasing the little 
sets.  When I was a Kid I would save my allowance til I got like ten 
dollars and then go to Toys-R-Us and buy the most I could with that. 

I was never much into playing with the stuff I built.  I mostly enjoyed 
building things and since most of my sets don't have the directions with 
them I was forced to use my imagination more than once.  Thank goodness.  
When I would get stuck without a piece to fit a certain way.  I would 
whip out the graph paper and design the piece that I desired.  I think 
several times I had my mom mail them to Lego.  I don't know if she ever 
did because I never got a response; however, some pieces that exist today 
bear a striking resemblence to those that I had designed...hmmmm.  I 
think that my best creation was built around 85 or 86.  I built a ski 
resort in my room.  By propping up my bed sheets on chairs and such I 
created the mountains(I didn't have enough pieces to build a mountain out 
of Lego's at the time.)  I built several chair lifts and a gondola that 
went from the top of one mountain to the top of the adjacent one.  This 
resort was complete with several mountain top restaurants and a chateau 
at the base.  I even had a parking lot filled with cars...It was a busy 
saturday.  I think I took a picture of it.  I have no Idea where those 
are but now I want to go find them.

Well,  I may have gone a bit long on this roll call thing, but I enjoy 
talking about my childhood legos.  I regret not bringing at least some of 
them to college with me.  I do purchase a set now and then and enjoy them 
to the fullest.  

After writing this my interest has been peaked,  I would be interested in 
hearing about CREATIVE creations...not just the typical town setting or 
moon scape.  Let's hear the good ones.  

Again, I apologize if this has gone longer than usual, but If you read it 
all, then I appreciate it and look forward to hearing about your 
creations/inventions.




From: weldridg@haverford.edu (William Eldridge Lemming Ultimate)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 18:26:14 -0300
Organization: Haverford College

Name: Robert DeRose

Age: 22

Marital Status: not that I know of

Kids: just me

Education: I plan to receive my B.S. (Biology) in May, then it's off to
grad school

Number of sets owned: about 25-30 (including old ones that have been
permanently dismembered)

Number of pieces: probably a few thousand

Oldest set: I have the mid-'70s Hospital and Fire Station, from the time
when minifigs didn't have movable arms and legs

Favorite sets/themes: Space in general, especially Spyrius.  Probably 80%
of my sets are various space themes.  I've also managed to get the two
smallest Aquazone sets (Sea Sprint 9 and the little Aquashark guy), and if
I ever find the bigger Aquazone sets in the local stores they'll probably
become new favorites.  Probably my favorite single set is the Spyrius
Saucer Centurion.




From: Captain Jingle <vandercl@grfn.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 20:51:02 -0500 (EST)
Organization: Bethany Christian Services

Name: Bob VanderClay
Age : 19
M.S. : Single
Kids : None
Employment : Student

Number of sets : Approximately 45
Pieces in collection : probably somewhere near 5000
Oldest set : Can't remember exact set name, a poice station from circa 
1980.  I think...
Favorite themes/sets : Space.  Although the new Aquazone is beginning to 
win me over.  

Well, I'd like to introduce myself to this newsgroup.  I've played with 
LEGO as far back as I can remember.  Unfortunately though, as I matured, 
LEGO became less of a focus of my life, and too much of a cost, so I end 
through a period where I bought LEGO very infreqently.  (As know as the 
Dark Ages).  With my introduction into the Internet, I quickly found this 
group, and my interest in LEGO was perked.  Hearing discussion of the new 
Aquazone really made me want back into the world of LEGo, well here I am, 
a few months later, a few hundred dollars less, and with about 20 more 
LEGO sets.  It feels good to be back into it.  I forgot how much I love 
the sound of new LEGOS in a box.  Hee-hee.  




From: thomas (Thomas JACQUES aka 'Woody')
Date: 21 Jan 1995 11:49:39 GMT
Organization: Ecole Centrale Paris, France

Name:  Thomas JACQUES
Age:  21
M.S.:  single
Kids:  none
Employment:  Student in Engineering
Number of Sets in Collection:  about 15
Number of Pieces:  3427, plus half a spaceman's helmet
Oldest Set:  early 80's: the 2 very first space sets
Favorite Themes:  Space & Technic

| e-mail: thomas@jenlain.via.ecp.fr                 |
|         jacquet7@cti.ecp.fr                       | 
| phone:  (1) 46.83.79.48                           | 




From: bigb@citation.ksu.ksu.edu (Bryan K Klostermeyer)
Date: 20 Jan 1995 11:57:16 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
Sender: bigb@ksu.ksu.edu

Name: Bryan Klostermeyer
AGE: 22
M.S: Single, not looking
KIDS: My roommate is pretty childish
EMPLOYMENT: Chemical Engineering student at Kansas State Univ.
NUMBER OF SETS: 50-60, I think
NUMBER OF PIECES: Not nearly enough :)
OLDEST SET: Early 80's space set
FAVORITE THEMES: Castle, Pirate, Old space
FAVORITE SETS: X-1 Patrol Craft spaceship; Whirlwind Rescue
helicopter




From: jgarden@prograph.com (John Garden)
Date: 26 Jan 1995 11:04:32 -0400
Organization: Prograph International

Name: John Garden
Age: 30
M.S.: 5 weeks !!
Kids: Mike (12) - acquired in expansion draft - see above
Employment: Programmer/Prographer
Number of sets in collection: ~10
Number of pieces: ?
Oldest Set: ?
Favorite Themes: Technics, Pirates
Favorite Set: 8868 Air Tech Claw Rig
Education: BSc - Dalhousie University, MCS (almost 8-) Technical
University of Nova Scotia
Notes: All mine is Technic. The master plan is to build a large,
completely autonomous robot with a micro-controller brain and 2K of
intelligence. Currently side-tracked by all the other cool things
Technic can do (that, and the fact that the dog got hold of the brain).
Mike has a million sets (all themes) and a kazillion pieces, just
waiting to be expropriated when I need them.
Carla just got her first set - the Blue Fury. It's fantastic.




From: randyf@u.washington.edu (Randy Fabro)
Date: 22 Jan 1995 05:40:31 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

Name:  Nathan Fabro
Age:  12
M.S.:  are you kidding
Kids:  none except me
Employment:  Student 
Number of Sets in Collection:  50+
Number of Pieces:  lots and lots
Oldest Set:  1987 don't know what it's called
Favorite Themes:  SPACE (federation sets) Aquazone  
Favorite Set in Collection:  Ice Station Odessy and Alphpa Centauri Outpost

NAthan A. Fabro 
(NAte) lego collector since 1987




From: wette001@gold.tc.umn.edu (Eric Wetterlind)
Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 03:23:31 GMT

Name: Eric Wetterlind
Age : 24
MS : Married
Kids : No
Education : CSci and Computer Engineering
Occupation : Software engineer
Number : Around 10000 (had some time to kill when wisdom teeth
pulled)
Sets : Around 100 or so.
Favorites : Castle, Ice Planet
Last Creation : A cool castle with a couple of draw-bridges (about
  2'x2'x2').  It underwent a seige, though.  My cat powered his way
  through the royal guard and made off with the princess.  Took a
  while to find her head :)

Just catching up on reading this group and a lot of people were
referring to an old conveyor belt thing.  I have this set (545
Conveyor station) with full instructions.  Others mentioned were the
London bus (760) and that rescue helicopter (480 or 770 <- one of
which had an ambulance, too).  They bring back memories.  These sets
are all from around '73-'75.

My brother (avid collector, too) and I used to build space ships
(fighting over the LL924 pieces from the Space Cruiser) and then put
them through drop tests.  The less that fell off from the highest
distance won.  Didn't really accomplish much, but passed the time and
kept mom happy.




From: kiyose@beauty.ucsb.edu (Kiyose Ryu)
Date: 27 Mar 1995 19:12:45 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara

Name: Daniel Sabath
Age: 23
Occupation: Inbetween schools I have a BA in Aquatic Bio and am taking time
off before grad school.
Oldest Set: I first got one of those firemens sets w/ the figures w/o
movible arms but i don't know what happened to it...the oldest set i still
have is the miniture and older version of  a Galaxy Explorer look alike.
BTW it is still assembled as i don't have the instructions...
Number of sets: 200+
Number of pieces: ??? lots.
Favorite type of set: space though they are finally geting around to my
field with the aquazone...i have a rather nice mobile hanging above the
dining room table ( and a very understanding SO).  The model team sets also
attract my $$$.  
Biggest pet peeve w/ lego: the reduction and combination of pieces in some
sets. eg the walls in the castle sets.  I don't mind specialization of
pieces but making one piece that can only be used for that one thing when
it could be done with a few more 1xX and 2xX's almost lost lego my
business.
Kids: Just me and my SO.
e-mail: 
kiyose@peak.org
kiyose@mcl.ucsb.edu




From: jalling@winboss.dk (jalling@winboss.dk)
Date: 28 Mar 95 00:14:24 
Organization: WinBoss: Yet Another Point/2 

Name: Niels Jalling
Age: 42
E-Mail Address: jalling@winboss.dk   ( jalling@ibm.net)
Marial Status. Married for 16 years
Kids: 4 ( 3y,boy; 6y,girl; 9y,girl; 12y,boy )
Employment: Systems programmer
Location: Frederiksberg (part of Copenhagen), Denmark (Home of LEGO)
Number of sets: 0, But my kids have more than 100 ranging from basic DUPLO
                to the latest Technic sets. 
Oldest set: Cant say. I have played vith LEGO as long as i can remember. My
grandmother (and later my mothers sister) had a toys shop in a small town,
Hobro. My aunt was the one of the best shops to visit when looking for the
newest, and largest LEGOsets, the LEGO rep says. Unfortunately she had to close
the shop before Christmas last year (she is 78 years old). 

When I was a kid, the number of different LEGO bricks was very limited. We only
had the standard bricks, later the flat bricks came. Doors and windows vere
placed in an recess in the brick, doors was 2 dots wide and 3 blocks high,
windows 2 or 4 dots wide and 2 blocks high. There vere no tubes in the bricks
to keep them together. We could go to the toys shop and buy 1 single brick !!
Lego only produced a small number of gift sets. A garage, a gas service
station, a church, a villa as far as I remember. 

At the same time as introduction of the tubes in the bricks, a new style of
doors and windows with frames vas introduced. The windows came in sizes from
1*1 to large shop windows. (I have a dealers box only missing a few doors and
windows)

LEGOLAND in Billund, I have been there twice. Its nice looking place but there
are too many people visiting the relative small area. Too much time is used for
waiting.

Well this must be enough for now. I'll return with more LEGO history another
time :-)

Bye, Niels Jalling
PS: besides playing LEGO with my kids I collect and play with Meccano/Erector.
Its much easier to build a clock with :-)




From: davidric@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ricardo David )
Date: 28 Mar 1995 03:53:05 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Name: Ricardo(Rick) David
Age: 24
Marital Status: Single 
Occupation: Finishing Master's in Mech. Engr. about to go engineer cars for
	    the Ford Motor Company.
Oldest Set: Just took a peek at my old lego collection at home and don't
	    know what my oldest set is but probably a vintage '72-74 set.
Number of Sets: No idea, just a box of stuff, but I just bought 5 new sets.
Number of Pieces: No idea.
Favorite Type of Set: Love the current Space Shuttle sets, just bought all
			of this type except the airplane/shuttle combo.
Biggest Pet Peeve: Why are they making pieces that should be 6 stacked
		   pieces as just on piece 6 pieces high. 

Just stared lurking around this newsgroup about a week ago and have
since gone lego mad. Last weekend I went home and collected all of
my old lego together. Since I will start working soon I can't wait
to spend some of my new money on Lego. I hope to build a complete lego
town. As a start I have my own Cape Canaveral(sp?) already with my
lego buying spree last week. It feels good to know that since my lego
town is just an idea in my head I can use this group as friendly 
resource to make it the best it can be. So much to buy so little
money!
-- 
email: r-david1@uiuc.edu                   
WWW: http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~rd5130/rickhome.html




From: Ken Schiele <pcs@halcyon.com>
Date: 29 Mar 1995 03:47:15 GMT
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.

Name:  Ken Schiele

Occupation:  General Manager / Instructor at PCS-Redmond

Education: BSME, Gonzaga U. 1993 (Are all the technic freaks MEs?)

LEGO history:

Sure, I had LEGOs when I was a kid, but through various moves, lost
'em all.  The real stuff is more recent.

I started working for PCS during my senior year of college.  PCS was
started about ten years ago in Nampa, ID by Pat McShane.  For more
details on present day PCS, check out:
http://www.halcyon.com/pcs/pcshome.html

I could go into details, but suffice it to say that PCS does alot with
technic LEGOs.  After finishing a DRY four-year ME program far to 
heavy on the theory, LEGOs were a godsend.

So I've been lucky enough to say that I just about get paid to play
with LEGOs.  Robotic arms, 5 foot ferris wheels, and the usual bunch
o' amitious LEGO projects, all for work.  I am lucky.

---------------------------
On another note:

I saw that bruce@algol.demon.co.uk posted some info about doing some
efficiency testing on worm gear gear-trains.  I'm interested in having
the various PCS schools continue with the testing, and would love to
hear from any that have done anything in this arena.


Ken S. at PCS

soon to be pcsred@blarg.com




From: rsather@wimsey.com (Robin Sather)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 07:48:34 GMT
Organization: Wimsey Associates

Name:  Robin Sather
Age:  29
MS: Married (to the older sister of Tim Westcott - a regular contributor to 
RTL!)
Kids:  Nope!
Occupation:  Self employed computer consultant/programmer
# of sets:  almost 200
# of pieces:  roughly 26,000 (I actually only counted 2/3 of the sets from 
box counts, and estimated the rest)
Oldest set:  Oldest set would be a small red & white freighter from 1965 (no 
number), although I've gots lots of really old stuff!
Fave themes:  Castle and Technic (but I love them all!)
Fave set:  probably 6077 (Forestman's River Fortress), 8880 (Super Car), but 
alas I love them all!

Miscellaneous comments & opinions (I've wanted to respond for so long!!!):
(This will probably dredge up all those old threads!)

1)  You gotta love this news group!  It's so refreshing to see people HAPPY 
for a change.  Takin' it easy, having fun!  Don't ever change it.

2)  Keep ALL lego stuff in one newsgroup, including auctions, all themes, etc.

3)  Regarding specialized vs. basic pieces;  I love having lots of basic 
pieces, to build with bulk and size.  I also love having specialized pieces, 
for added realism and detail.  Thankfully, I can buy lots of both types of 
sets, especially this year, with the new freestyle sets with just 1xn's and 
2xn's (set number 1715 - 400 pieces for about $15, or 1717 soon with 600!).
So I don't want to hear any more complaining!

4)  Regarding copying/distributing instructions;  I think it's a bad idea 
to do anything illegal, especially right under Lego's nose!  If I lost a 
set of instructions for a set I own, I would try to get them from Lego first, 
then perhaps from the net.  If I simply want the instructions, I think I'm out 
of line going to the net for them.  We should simply keep lobbying 
lego to reissue them in books, CD ROM or whatever.

5)  Lego CAD;  I've seen probably 5 "serious" attempts at this sofar.  Look 
guys, give it up!  Do you have any idea of the complexity of the task!  Lego 
must use something in house.  Again, we should lobby Lego to make it available 
to Lego computer maniacs (and that's us, folks!).

6)  People have dissed good ole' Jeff Crites for his Castle Listing (I know
this is an old thread, but anyway ...) You gotta love him!  I mean that.  
I appreciate his Castle listing, and have used it on occasion to identify some
old sets.  If you don't like the listing, ignore it.  I don't like the price
estimates, but as he is extremely careful to point out, these are simply
observations of what has actually happened on the net, so they're accurate!
Keep it up, Jeff!

7)  You also gotta love Todd Lehman.  People like him are the backbone of this
group, people.  "Auczilla".  What a concept.  All of us, whether buying or 
not, drool all over our keyboards just looking at the listing (496 gold coins, 
25 black horses, 48 castle corner walls ... drip, drip).  You help to keep 
this group going.  I'm looking forward to conversing.  I can't believe how
much money this guy must spend !!

8)  Although I don't see his name as often, I think Dik Winters is the "Old 
man", the guru, the "Grand Poobah" of the net.  He has the most info about 
really old stuff (ie. Fabuland in recent posts), and I'm glad he's still 
logging on to monitor what's going on.  Anyhow, good to meet you, sir!

9)  Stickers, decals, etc.  Never use them, store them, look at them, but
never actually stick them on.  Too much hassle!  My 2 cents.




From: schmitdj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (David J. Schmitz)
Organization: University of Minnesota, Morris
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 22:51:48 GMT

Name: David Schmitz
Sex: M
Age: 20
Marital status: Not technically, but practically
Children: Only myself
Occupation: Retired Proletarian turned Student
# of sets in LEGO collection: who knows?
# of LEGO pieces: about three boxes worth.  
Favorite theme(s): castle, of course.
Favorite set(s): Galaxy Explorer, even if I have broken several pieces 
and lost the instructions.
Current project: Building an in-scale castle on top of a rocky mountain, 
above a roaring sea.  Needless to say, I need more pieces.




From: groves@noao.edu (Lee Groves)
Date: 10 Jun 1995 23:04:00 GMT
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
Originator: groves@yam.tuc.noao.edu

Name: Lee J Groves
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Marital status:  Married
Children:  One daughter, 7, lives with her mom, but is budding lego-maniac :)
Occupation: Real-time programmer, National Optical Astronomy Observatories
# of sets in LEGO collection:  ~10
# of LEGO pieces: 7000  (some pre 1970, working 1st generation 4.5v motor!)
Favorite theme(s): Trains, Technic
Favorite set(s): Claw Rig.
Current project: New load-n-haul and 2nd metrostation




From: slipstick@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu (Gordon Smith)
Date: 11 Jun 1995 00:28:50 GMT
Organization: Photobooks Inc

Name:	Gordon Smith
Sex:	M
Age:	24
Marital status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Graduate Student in Physics
# of sets in LEGO collection: Easily dozens
# of LEGO pieces: Easily thousands
Favorite theme(s): Expert/Technic
Favorite set(s): The Supercar
Current project:
	Split between making a new version of my walker and 
building an abbetoir for a friend (It's so hilarious to see the lego 
people grinning happily, ignoring the whirling blades!!!)




From: firedog@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us (FireDog)
Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (619) 371-3501
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 02:24:17 GMT

Name: Regina Franchi
Sex: Female
Age: 25
Marital status: Sort of
Children: never
Occupation: US Navy
# of sets in LEGO collection: ??
# of LEGO pieces: ??
Favorite theme(s): Castle
Favorite set(s): Pirate ship
Current project: Building a jousting scene




From: fuesz@aps4.anl.gov (Peter L. Fuesz)
Date: 11 Jun 1995 04:51:16 GMT
Organization: Advanced Photon Source

Name: Peter L. Fuesz
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Marital status: Married
Children: 1st due in Sept.95!
Occupation: Accelerator Operator @ Argonne National Lab., Chicago, IL
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~40
# of LEGO pieces: ~40 sets worth (?)
Favorite theme(s): Castle all the way babe!
Favorite set(s): #6085 Black Monarch's Castle & #6060 Knight's Challenge
Current project: A "model train" type landscape for my Castle kingdom,
                 currently 3, 4x8 sheets of plywood makes up the base.

I just gained access to the net back in March, and will be here for the
long haul. I've had nothing but fun, and enjoy all the help, comments
and yes.. the auctions!!

Peter
fuesz@aps.anl.gov

| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Advanced Photon Source      |        
| Operations Group            |




From: muhl@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Redaxe)
Date: 11 Jun 1995 05:01:49 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Name:  Aaron Muhl 
Sex: Male
Age: 20
Marital status: Not if it means sharing my LEGO!
Children: Maybe once I grow up.....
Occupation: Junior Electrical Engineering student at Purdue University
# of sets in LEGO collection:  > 100
# of LEGO pieces:  > 10,000
Favorite theme(s):  Castle
Favorite set(s):  Kings castle (#?)  Castle Tavern set (#?)
Current project:  Building moat and bailey outpost, complete with gates,
		trapdoors, stairs, jail, secret doors, wizard lab, and
		treasure room.  Trying to build keep to be somewhat 
		historically correct.  Also setting up scene with adventurers
		looking down on massive dragon army to scan in and place on
		home page.  Always looking for sales, that seems to be the
		one ongoing project!

  http://cernan.ecn.purdue.edu/~muhl
  muhl@en.ecn.purdue.edu 




From: mwong@bmcwest.com (Mark Wong)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:15:47 UNDEFINED
Organization: BMC West Corporation

Name:		Mark Wong
Sex:		Male
Age:		22
Marital status: Single
Children:	0
Occupation:	Unix Sys Admin
# of sets in LEGO collection:	50+
# of LEGO pieces:	Oh, please  :-)
Favorite theme(s):	Space -- Ice planet, Aquazone
Favorite set(s):	Deep Freeze Defender, Message Intercept Base
Current project:

Converting all blue, white, black legos into Ice Planet stuff!!!
Hey, I need more heat-shield orange pieces!  Since everyone hates them,
they wouldn't mind trading or giving away  :-)
( Never tho Legos away )

OTHER:
When the Command Center came out ( the base before the Beta-1 )
I collected every set up to the introduction of the Futuron stuff (perhaps
before they were called Futuron).

Got back into Legos with Blacktron I and then Ice Planet/Spyrius.

Mark thinks _white_ aquazone hex pieces would add alot to the Ice Planet 
iceburg base he want to make.
( Never spray paint Legos )

mwong@bmcwest.com
BMC West Corporate HQ
CIS Dept.   Boise, ID
Mark Wong   Sys Admin




From: dbair@omni.voicenet.com (Dan Bair)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:11:59 LOCAL
Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290

Name: Dan Bair
Sex:    Yeah, I enjoy it as much as Lego
Age: 42 but I don't look a day over 41
Marital status: happily divorced
Children: Son Sam age 4 who got me into this
Occupation:  Stock Broker with Merrill Lynch for 19 years.
# of sets in LEGO collection: 164
# of LEGO pieces: 12,406 (Okay, I'm a little anal.)
Favorite theme(s):  Trains, Trains, Trains, Town, and Pirate 
Favorite set(s):  The Metroliner - Skull's Eye Schooner
Current project:  A town/train set that covers 5 sheets of 4 by 8 foot 
plywood that fills a 12 by 20 foot room.  It currently has 250 pieces of 
track and 64 pieces of roadway.  There are three trains but only two 
controllers.  Four level crossways and two switching tracks.  I have just 
built the airport and thanks to Peter Cook have an airport schuttle to add to 
it.  

I bought my first Lego for Sam 8 months ago.  It was the Pirate ship the 
Skull's Eye Schooner # 6286.  It was on a rainy Sunday morning when tennis was 
cut short and Sam was big into pirates.  I firgured that I would slap this 
together in an hour and Sam could play with it the rest of the day.  (It took 
a bit longer than an hour:>), and I was doing all of the playing, but I was 
hooked.)  Sam loves all of his pirate ships and castles.  The rest was 
downhill from there.  It any one wants to talk trains or Legos just call me at 
800 964-5480.  I am on the look out for any old trains or any old catlogues.  
Thanks

Dan Bair




From: aj700@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Fretwell)
Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:07:45 GMT

Name: Christine Fretwell
Sex: Female
Age: 29
Marital status: Single
Children: 2 cats
Occupation: Computer programmer
# of sets in LEGO collection: 70-80
# of LEGO pieces: 8000
Favorite theme(s): Castle & town
Favorite set(s): Forestmen River crossing
Current project: not really building, but to create a complete lego
database, with every set, and every piece catalogued




From: dan@hegemon.demon.co.uk (Dan Smart)
Organization: Not if I can help it
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:55:29 GMT

Name:		Dan Smart
Sex:		Male
Age:		29
Marital status:	Married
Children:	0
Occupation:	Programmer analyst
# of sets in LEGO collection:	20+
# of LEGO pieces:	?
Favorite theme(s):	Technic (and possibly early space)
Favorite set(s):	The Car
Current project:
Lego computing - Roll over Babbage and Turing, I'm here, and I'm
feeling silly. Also things that walk (stagger crawl etc).




From: norton@tardis.avid.com (Mark Norton)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 15:11:40 -0400
Organization: AVID Technology, Inc.

Name:  Mark J. Norton
Sex:   Male
Age:   40
Marital status:  Married
Children:  two:  Cassie (11), Michael (8 + co-lego-maniac)
Occupation:  Software Engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~120, active since 1980.
# of LEGO pieces:  kinda hard to tell, 8000+.
Favorite theme(s):  I personally favor trains, technic and castle in
    that order.  Michael is dedicated to space models.
Favorite set(s):  Load'n'Haul Railroad
Current project:  I'm collecting Octan-related sets that would work
    well with my trains, such as the Gas Station, Gas Transport, etc.

Other lego preferences include:  I apply stickers that come with models,
    but not stickers in Idea Books (Bill and Mary, for example).  I sort
    all my pieces in little parts drawers, which my son then proceeds to
    randomize.  I do not keep models assembled, except for trains.  I don't
    maim legos by cutting them or adding holes (but I've been tempted!).
    My collection is strictly Lego-brand building bricks, but Michael has
    been given one or two Megablocks sets that keep turning up with the Lego's
    (aaarrgg!!! :-( ).  I don't buy sets as investments, but given recent
    trades with Todd Lehman, I may start.  I don't mind auction updates in
    r.t.l, but bandwidth is high.

In simple, I'm problably hooked for life.




From: aspect@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher Taylor Oates)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 21:55:50 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz

Name: Chris Oates
Sex: Male
Age: 22
Marital status: None
Children: None
Occupation: Student

# of sets in LEGO collection: Lots -- All castle sets but 3, a bunch of
misc. space sets going back to Galaxy Explorer, a few pirates to augment
castle stuff, at least one of each Aquazone set, etc.  No town but what I got
for spare parts & as part of multi-packs.

# of LEGO pieces: Wow.  Lots. :)
Favorite theme(s): Castle, space, aquazone, pirate...
Favorite set(s): Any of the old big castles, the Tavern, ???

Current project: The WolfPack Castle.  Combining pieces from a Wolfpack tower,
Majisto's tower, Dark Dragon's Den, Rock Island Refuge and other misc. pieces
to build the Wolfpack a decent home.  THeir numbers have been augmented through
strategic purchase of pirate sets (Renegate Runner, pirate minifigs (including
the woman) the island) and duplicate Wolfpack sets.  With their alliance to
Edmund the Black Falcon, they are a force to be reckoned with!  No more shall
they be mere gypsies who followed Robert back from his mad quest north... They
shall... erm... I'm getting a bit arried away here... :)

p.s. I'm a set-based collector for castles.  The only set I don't have built 
is the Dark Dragon's Den, the original of which has been used for the 
Wolfie Castle.  The other sets for that were purchased for the sake of building
it.




From: bjohnson@osprey.csrv.uidaho.edu (Beej)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 23:48:49 GMT
Organization: Here&Now

Name: Brian Johnson
sex: male
age: 24
married?  Will be July 29- Yahooo!
(no kids for a while)
occupation: Graphic designer...soon to be a student again!
# sets in Lego collection: 23 
# of pieces: You can guess- i don't buy many big sets (money! :^P )
favorite theme: SPACE!  Space Police II and Launch Command (i know-it's Town.)
favorite set: Space Police Solar Snooper & Rebel Hunter(6897). Spyrius
Roboguardian(6949).
current project: waiting until i can afford the cool Launch Command
shuttle launch pad (6339)

Beej
bjohnson@osprey.csrv.uidaho.edu




From: abjanes@aol.com (ABjanes)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 13:20:31 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Atle Bjanes
Sex: M
Age: 33
Marital status: Married - Laura - Lego enthusiast par excellence
Children: David (5), Elisabet (3), Emily (1)
Occupation: Engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: ?
# of LEGO pieces: 11,864
Favorite theme(s): Town
Favorite set(s): Old (1967-69) sets - eg. old tow truck (don't have the
number here)
still have all the instructions from back when I started with Lego, and,
providentially, they are all in remarkably good condition!
Current project:  Reconstruct Pirate Ship 6285 gotten at a yard sale
together with David who was _very_ excited when we got the two large
buckets with Lego that included the ship.  Especially since his father had
banned Pirate and Castle stuff before (C'mon - we didn't have this stuff
back when I was (am) a kid!)




From: ccollins@mathsun24.math.utk.edu (Charles Collins)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 18:33:12 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Name: Chuck Collins
Sex: M
Age: 33
Marital status: M
Children: John, 4 (it is really his LEGO, yes really, no I mean it)
Occupation: Professor
# of sets in LEGO collection: 20-30
# of LEGO pieces: 5000+
Favorite theme(s): (John) Space, Aquazone, Castle, (Me) Space, Technic
Favorite set(s): whatever we last built (probably the Aquanaut Sub)
Current project: (John) Small space ships, space robots, and overly armed 
                        space guys
                 (Me)   Whatever John wants, mostly larger space ships




From: DFINNEY@Jetson.uh.edu (Doug Finney)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 21:39:35 GMT
Organization: Not Likely

Name: Doug Finney
Sex:  X
Age:  27
Marital status: Married (7 months :)
Children: Who needs 'em when we've got each other
Occupation: Programmer/Analyst
# of sets in LEGO collection: Good question
# of LEGO pieces: Better question. I'd guess between 10,000 and 20,000.
Favorite theme(s): Model Team, Aquazone, Space, Castle, Town, Pirate, Technic 
                   (roughly in that order) 
Favorite set(s): 5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck, various others run a close
                 second.
Current project: 1) Get everyone's K-mart clearance sets headed their way and
                    and get what's left organized enough to start the auction
                    I've been mentioning off and on since my last one ended.
                 2) Build all the new sets I bought for myself at K-mart. I
                    did get the Sail N' Fly Marina together last week but the
                    Imperial Trading Post, Mach II Red Bird Rig and smattering
                    of smaller sets should keep me busy for some time.
                 3) Reorganize my collection. I've _way_ outgrown the "store
                    various pieces in the boxes from large sets" stage which
                    had served me so well throughout childhood. I also keep
                    forgetting to see if my Galaxy Explorer instructions are
                    indeed under the tray in the box like I think or if they've
                    vanished without a trace. :O scary thought




From: fperry@infohwy.com (Fred Perry)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 21:55:08 GMT

Name: Fred Perry		
Sex: Male	
Age: 37	
Marital status: S.O.
Children: You must be kidding, they might want to play with my Lego.
Occupation: Organ Transplant Services
# of sets in LEGO collection: 597 as of June 1, 1995
# of LEGO pieces: Too many to count.
Favorite theme(s): Town
Favorite set(s): Train, Harbor, Airport & Shuttles
Current project: Just constantly acquiring more Lego to someday finish my
                       Legopolis.




From: Larry Katz <74431.56@CompuServe.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 1995 12:38:08 GMT
Organization: via CompuServe Information Service

Name: Larry Katz
Sex: M
Age: 29
Marital status: Single
Children: Nope
Occupation: Systems Analyst @ McCormick & Co. Baltimore, MD.
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~150
# of LEGO pieces: "billions and billions" - C. Sagan
Favorite theme(s): 1. Castle  2. Pirates  3. Technic
Favorite set(s): The Super Car is just tooooo cool !!
Current project: Scouring the countryside on weekends looking for 
old castle lego sets.




From: kjohnston@macromedia.com (Kevin Johnston)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:47:48 -0700
Organization: Macromedia

Name: Kevin Johnston
Sex: M
Age: 32 (just today)
Marital status: Single
Children: "Self"
Occupation: Software Engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: uhhhh... 600? (bad habit and I got it bad)
# of LEGO pieces: tens of thousands? hundreds?
Favorite theme(s): Castle (by far), Pirate, Model Team
Favorite set(s): Camouflaged Outpost (first Forestmen set), Imperial
Trading Post (a mere shadow of the one I REALLY want to build), Whirl 'N
Wheel Super Truck, the early-90's Space Shuttle Launching Pad, the
late-80's Blacktron Message Intercept Base (hasn't been a good space base
since)
Current project: Move to a bigger place so I can REALLY play with my Lego
Favorite Childhood Lego Fantasy: the practical equivalent of an unlimited
supply of Lego: any piece, any color, any time; I wanted to "wade" in Lego
when I was a kid.

Still do.   :-)




From: Javier Ramos <Javier.Ramos@MAC.MB.WAU.NL>
Date: 14 Jun 1995 14:48:04 GMT
Organization: Wageningen Agricultural University

Roll Call?
Well, somebody can make a sociological thesis on the Roll Call material.
There is enough people even for making statistics!

E-mail: Javier.Ramos@MAC.MB.WAU.NL
Name: Javier Ramos 
Age: 27
Nationality: Spaniard
Occupation: Oberkommandierender Kriegsherr... making Ph.D in 
     Molecular Biology in free time.
M.S.: (Or S.M.?) Multiple mess (three boyfriends and one girlfriend
      at the moment. We are never bored).
Kids: Did you read the "Selfish Gene" or Heinlein?. I will clone
       myself (not too many of them(me), probably they(me) will want
       to be cloned themselves too...).
Cats: They use to like me. I do not care, provided they keep their nails hidden.
Number of Lego sets: 33 in the Dark Ages (1971-1978), around 140 since the
        Rediscovery (1991, including things 1979-1995).
Pieces: You want them classified by type, color and date of origin?
Oldest complete set: A colourful train without motor from 1972.
Favourite set: London bus, I got it in 1974 for my 7th birthday. Never
       dismounted (well, it is not true, but only part of the upper
       deck).  From more recent times: 6980, Galaxy Commander 1983, I
       bought in a shop last September.
Favourite theme: I restarted buying Lego because of middleages Lego,
       but suddenly I have found myself buying a lot of old space Lego.
Current project: I made my castle too impregnable.  So, now I am
       making big siege towers (I had a look at those Spyrius robots
       and maybe...and those wheels...).  I need more people for the
       invading army. I expect 40% of casualties in the first 20
       minutes.




From: michael@macros.cage.curtin.edu.au (Michael Deegan)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 21:02:17 GMT
Organization: Chainsaws Anonymous

Name: Michael Deegan
Sex: Male
Age: 23
Marital status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
# of sets in LEGO collection: 3 Technic, about a dozen or two of Town and 
Space stuff.
# of LEGO pieces: Eek. Haven't counted. Not enough :-)
Favorite theme(s): in order: Technic, trains, space, town.
Favorite set(s): The big supercar... $-)
Current project: None I'm afraid.

Michael Deegan       Ph +61 9 409 6261       michael@macros.cage.curtin.edu.au




From: mja@coffee.phys.unm.edu (Mary Jayne Adriaans)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 15:05:48 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico

Name:  Mary Jayne Adriaans
Sex: F
Age: 30
Marital status: not married, not taken
Children: none (but I'm looking forward to them, someday).  I do have a
    2 year old niece that I have hooked on Duplo, though.  :-)
Occupation:  Physicist  (post-doc)
# of sets in LEGO collection: 135
# of LEGO pieces: 14,000
    I was inspired by the way some people in this group keep track of
    their lego collections, so I thought I would see exactly what I
    had.  Boy was I suprised.  It added up faster than I expected.
Favorite theme(s): Used to be just a space collector.  Started with
    Mtron and collected every space set since.  So the collection is
    complete from Mtron through Ice planet.  But wasn't too happy with
    the Spyrius line, so I started branching out.  Oh, what have I
    done?!!  Now I'll buy any lego set that looks interesting.
    Currently I'm trying to collect the Forestmen sets.  Wish I had
    done that when they were first out.
Favorite set(s): Blacktron II Arial Intruder.  I really like the way
    the little cars roll out when you open the hatch!  Any Forestmen
    set.
Current project: Sherwood forest (hence the need for more forestmen!)
    Built a waterfall last night.  Looks pretty good if you squint at
    it from a distance.  :-)




From: bwilliams@rrddts.donnelley.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 18:06:14 CST

Name: Brian M. Williams
Age: 29
M.S.: Married
Kids: None
Job: Senior Multimedia Developer for R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago, 
Illinois; A leading developer of CD-ROM catalogs, journals and 
directories.
Number of sets: 135+
Oldest set: #041 "Samsonite Preschool Bricks", 001 "Gears"
Favorite System: Train & Castle
Favorite set in collection: #6074 "Black Falcon's Fortress" and #6054 
                                 "Forestmen's Crossing"
Why I like collecting:  I have wanted a Lego train layout since the
                        Christmas of 1978 or 1979 when, as a boy, I 
saw an enormous Lego train display at Marshall Fields on State Street. 
 But the trains didn't arrive in the US for several years, and by then 
I was into scale railroading.  As an adult, now, I am pursuing my 
childhood dream and building a Provincial Railroad layout out of Lego. 
 I also collect the truly adorable Castle line.




From: tvattima@ix.netcom.com (Timothy F. Vattima )
Date: 16 Jun 1995 02:18:16 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name:  Tim Vattima
Sex:  M
Age:  28
Marital status:  Married
Children:  1 boy - 16 months old - Christopher - future heir to my
collection
Occupation:  Computer Consultant (see my post on my Lego Database!)
# of sets in LEGO collection:  680
# of LEGO pieces:  >79000
Favorite theme(s):  Town, Train
Favorite set(s):  Technic Super Car, Main Street, "Crocodile" Electric
Locomotive.
Current project:  Moving into my new house!




From: jpritter@caliban.Princeton.EDU (Justin Ritter)
Date: 20 Jun 1995 16:43:12 GMT
Organization: Princeton University

Name: Justin Ritter
Sex: M
Age: 19
Married: Nope, not for a while
Occupation: Sophomore physics major at Johns Hopkins
# of sets: Around 50
# of pieces: 5000-6000
Favorite Theme:  Castle (of course) and most of the Town stuff
Favorite Set: I guess if I just had to pick one it would be my
        King's Castle set I got a while back.  It was the 
        first one (I think) of the big gray castles, and it
        was also the last set I got (until recently)


I've been out of Lego for a while.  I've always wanted all
of those cool sets that have come out in the last five years
or so since I stopped getting Lego (especially the big
pirate ships).  But I never had the money to buy them, and
my parents wouldn't have gotten them any more since I was
"too old".  Recently, though, my summer job has given me a 
lot of time to snoop around the net and when I found RTL it
rekindled the Lego fire.  I'm just hoping I don't spend
too much of my summer earning on sets (I guess I'll just
have to go without books next year :)

While I'm at it, anyone out there know of a good way to win
my girlfriend over to the Lego side.  We had fun putting
together the Rocky River Retreat (title?) but she isn't
completely hooked yet :)




From: jeff@jeff.teubner.com (The Nephilim)
Date: 20 Jun 1995 19:22:33 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK

Name: Jeff Thompson
Sex: M
Age: 27
Marital status: Married
Children: two   (btw: grandchildren: 1  <g>)
Occupation: Windows and OS/2 software development
# of sets in LEGO collection: 80+
# of LEGO pieces: I may never know
Favorite theme(s): 1. Space  2. Castle  3. Space  4. Soldiers  5.  The Rest:  *1
Favorite set(s): 6950 Rocket Transport, and 6175 Crystal Explorer.   *2
Current projects: 1. Getting ready to modify 6954 more to my liking.  (Thanks
                     Margo!)
                  2. Dreaming about 6077 so that I can add it to my 
                     'favorite' list.  

*1 I thought about mentioning 'Space' a few more times, or breaking Space
   down by year, but that's an exercise best left for other messages.

*2 Curiously, these are also my most recent sets.  Tell you something? :-)

jeff@teubner.com      "132 Interlocking Pieces"




[forwarded by Zachary S. Tseng  --- DAK]
From: kcameron@WOLFE.net (Kip Cameron)
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 23:25:03 +0000

Name: Kenneth Cameron (kcameron@wolfe.net)
Sex:M
Age:28
Marital status: Single
Children:0
Occupation: Advertising Agency Owner
# of sets in LEGO collection: Mixed open sets
# of LEGO pieces: +/- 10,000
Favorite theme(s): Anything with big buildings, Police
Favorite set(s): all
Current project:none




From: lukeduff@inlink.com (Luke Duff)
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:18:09 GMT
Organization: inlink

Name: Luke Duff
Sex: M
Age: 22
Marital status: Single
Children: Nope, but I have a seven year old brother that I'm trying to
introduce to the wonders of Lego
Occupation: Graphics Consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection:  20 or so plus yard sales extras
# of LEGO pieces: approx 5000
Favorite theme(s): Town
Favorite set(s): I'm really into Octan stuff!
Current project: Just got the train and my girlfriend and I are
building a station for it. Wish I could get my hands on that
Metrostation.




From: eahg199@aldebaran.oac.uci.edu (Keith Watanabe)
Date: 6 Jul 1995 22:58:21 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine

Name: Keith Watanabe
	
	Collecting since: 1977(?)
	Number of pieces: ~25000-30000
	Favorite themes: Castle, Town, Space, Aquazone
	Favorite sets: Fire stations, Starfleet Voyager
	Comments: 
	Well, I feel like an old timer to this except when I discovered
how long LEGO has been around.  Right now, I'm trying to build up my collection
into ludicrous levels (though compared to when LEGO brings their stuff, my
collection looks tiny indeed).  One 
	One of my goals is to have my room pervade LEGO.  Right now, I ran out
of space on the desks and cabinet.  Unfortunately though, I doubt my parents 
will have any desire to let me place my stuff around the house and I have no
basement.  Another goal is to re-create a place set similar to JJR Tolkien's
Gondalin (wasn't that the enormous city-fortress with a castle mounted on top
of a mountain?).  The other goal is to create a situation similar to Macross
except that none of the vehicles can transform into towering robots.  
	Because of my interests in RPGs (esp AD&D), I'm attempting to create
a Battlesystem setting using LEGO, minatures, and natural building blocks (no,
not those you disgusting pervert!).  However, since I lack many of the 
forestmen series, a natural outdoors setting will be difficult to create.
	Future ideas:
 	Castle: Hopefully, LEGO will produce a village setting with Inn, farms,
shops, etc.
	Town: An archology.
	Space: Anything but built with more stability as opposed to the Unitron
sets.
	Aquazone: No Abyss!!!!!!!
	
--
eahg199@ea.oac.uci.edu or kwatanab@clyde.ics.uci.edu




From: west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Brenden M. West)
Date: 14 Jul 1995 00:01:32 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Name: Brenden M. West
Gender: male
Age: 23
Location: Champaign, IL
E-mail address: west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (soon to be beowulf@prairienet.org)
Marital status: engaged (wedding = June 1996)
Children: none
Occupation: soon to be an English teaching (if someone hires me this 
      summer)
# of sets in LEGO collection:  alot
# of LEGO pieces:  a whole lot
First LEGO set: Legoland Main Street (I still have it too!)
Favorite theme(s): Pirate, Castle
Favorite set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner & Black Seas Barracuda

Current project: as soon as I move, I want to build a Pirate ship w/ 
all the middle sections from SES and BSB and hopefully with two full 
decks:  one cannon deck below, and the main deck above.  Then, I want to 
add retracted wings to the ship, thus creating a fantasy flying ship.  If 
anyone has any ideas on how to build really big wings with little to 
no technic pieces let me know.

Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  my yellow castle & knight's tournament (I 
think that's the name, it's from the same generation as the yellow castle.)

Other:  Happily, I moving into a bigger apartment in two weeks, at 
which time I intend to get a large folding table (~$30 at Sams) to use 
for lego building.

--
Brenden West
west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu




From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 01:42:18 GMT
Sender: bskendig@netcom5.netcom.com

Name:				Brian Kendig
Gender:				Yes
Age:				24
Location:			Redwood City (mid-SF Bay-area)
E-mail address:			bskendig@netcom.com
Marital status:			Nope
Children:			Uh-uh
Occupation:			Software engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection:	100?
# of LEGO pieces:		12000-15000?
First LEGO set:			A little blue truck with red scooper, 1974
Favorite theme(s):		Town (Train)
Favorite set(s):		487 Space Cruiser
Current project:		Planning a big Lego train layout
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:	Having LOTS of old sets!

-- 
     Brian Kendig
     bskendig@netcom.com
     ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/bs/bskendig/home.html




From: ssbb@halcyon.com (Shawnee and Bryan)
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 95 02:26:31 GMT
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.

Name: Shawnee Sutton
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Location: Seattle, Wa.
E-mail address: ssbb@halcyon.com
Marital status: married
Children: none
Occupation: Program Specialist for a career development center
# of sets in LEGO collection: I've never counted
# of LEGO pieces: Ditto from above
First LEGO set: Hospital from 1977
Favorite theme(s): Castle
Favorite set(s): Love 'em all
Current project: Battle ready castle; full of spikes, traps, etc.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: a great hall akin to the one in Beowulf.




From: robyn@math.ucr.edu (robyn deike)
Date: 14 Jul 1995 16:25:14 -0700
Organization: University of California, Riverside  (Dept. of Mathematics)

Name: Robyn Deike (robyn@math.ucr.edu)
            Sex: female
            Age: 26
 Marital status: cohabitated
       Children: none
     Occupation: grad. student in math 
 
# of sets in LEGO collection: Sigh, not nearly as many as it used to be.
   I had some of my Legos mailed out to my new home and UPS delivered
   them to the house 2 blocks away.  I never saw them again.  I did get
   financial compensation, but it just wasn't the same.  The box also
   had some of my best sports cards.  Sigh.
 # of LEGO pieces: I think they'd fit into 2 basic set buckets. I need more.
 Favorite theme(s): everything but space (that's second favorite). 
 Favorite set(s): Coastal Patrol.  I want a train.

 Current project: Sorting, trying not to build anything until after qual's.
 Past projects: Pneumatic drawbridge for my castles.  Lately only small
   artsy displays (now showing is an environmental piece:  idyllic grassy
   scene with animals, plants, and dozens of minifigs crowded onto a
   platform overlooking it).  I broke down and bought pink Legos at the
   big Ic 'N' Save sale; I'll use them to make some transvestite minifigs.
 Impressive Lego I've seen:  my friends' rendition of the Bayeux tapestry.

    -Robyn
     robyn@math.ucr.edu




From: cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Date: 17 Jul 95 10:53:03 -0500
Organization: Georgetown University

Name: 				Colin Gallagher
Gender:				Male
Age:				26
Location:			Washington, DC
E-mail address:			cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Marital status:			cohabitating
Children:			none
Occupation:			Systems Engineer/Computer Consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection:	20
# of LEGO pieces:		please don't make me count!
First LEGO set:			Yellow castle I got for X-mas at age  7
Favorite theme(s):		Pirate, Castle
Favorite set(s):		Any of the 62xx ships 
Current project:		a) trying to complete my pirate collection
				b) a craving for all lego aquatic animals
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:	not storing all my Forestmen sets when 
				I joined the Navy.  My younger brothers 
				procededed to claim them as their own and
				take all my lego with them when they moved
				overseas a few years ago.

Colin R. Y. Gallagher
CGALLAGHER@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu

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From: Julie Oehler Schott <julie.schott@symbios.com>
Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:23:49 GMT
Organization: Symbios Logic

Name:  Julie Schott
Gender:  Female
Age:  32
Location:  Colorado Springs, CO
E-mail address:  julie.schott@symbios.com
Marital status: married
Children: Never
Occupation: Firmware Engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: 




From: jo@smokey.DIALix.oz.au (Jo Brock)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: jo@smokey.DIALix.oz.au (Jo Brock)
 
Name:          Jo Brock
Gender:        female
Age:           34
Location:      Adelaide, SA, Australia
E-mail address:jbrock@adelaide.dialix.oz.au
Marital status:yes
Children:      2 boys - 2 and 5
Occupation:    reg. nurse, mum
# of sets in LEGO collection: 30
# of LEGO pieces:   ?
First LEGO set:    basic sets, then a little white house with
                        a blue roof and a little grey car.
                        (still have it but lost instructions)
Favorite theme(s): Town, (incl train, harbour, paradisa) 
Favorite set(s):   Paradisa horse ranch 
Current project(s): Creation of a very busy equestrian complex using
                        as many horses and horse-related sets I can
                        find.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  setting up all my town lego, 
                                equestrian project as above




From: dennylynn@aol.com (Denny Lynn)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 06:36:09 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Denny (Denise) Friis & Frank Zahrt III
Sex-yes we have it-sorry couldn't resist.Denny's female, Frankie's male
Age-Denny-almost 26; Frankie 26
Marital Status-we've been happy w/ each other for 7+ years -so why ruin a
good thing. Besides marriage certificates cost money that we can spend on
lego:). You have to have your priorities in order.
Children-no we aren't ready to share our lego, yet. I still have a hard
time convincing Frankie he has extra pieces to his trains that I REALLY
need for my castles.
Occupation-Denny rodeo clown for the tire mounting area of Sam's Club
(part of Wal-mart but I don't get a Wal-mart discount:( ). Frankie lead at
Circuit City roadshop (car stereo alarm installs). Basically we're
corporate slaves.
# of sets in lego collection-one large china cabinet full of castles
stuff, one dining room table of train stuff, miscellaneous models
scattered around the house, a couple or three rubbermaid containers full
of parts-how many is that? Did anyone count?
# of lego pieces-please refer to above answer
Favorite themes-Denny castle Frankie trains
Favorite sets-Black Monarch's Castle (recieved for 23rd B-day) this was my
1st lego set (for you Non-Castle Geek Number Crunchers NCGNC it's set
6085). I'm not sure Frankie has a favorite.
Current project-stealing Frankie's pieces :) 
Other interests-Frankie's a private pilot:) Denny's scared of small
planes:(. Computers,  Muscle cars, SCA - does anyone out there know of a
cheap hobby?
Pets-LOTS-rule one if it shows up feed it & name it-Currently feeding 8 or
so cats 8 kittens-anyone want one? 3 dogs, 2 puppies & a horse. (Did I
mention Frankie brings home strays?)
Other members of household-Donna (24) Denny's little sister. She thinks
we're kinda nuts & has little interest in legos except helping younger
brother to build his.
Cars-'66 GTO convertible, '66 Tempest hardtop, '67 Firebird convertible,
'63 Falcon Futura convertible, '63 Falcon hardtop, '68? Falcon
slightly(hehe) modified, '87 Ford F-150 pu, assorted lego cars.
Disclaimer-I have know idea what's running today-Frankie has been known to
swap perfectly good engines between cars because he was bored. He's not
happy unless he's taking something apart or putting it together. I guess
that's why he likes lego.
More info than anyone wanted or needed (sorry).

From: dennylynn@aol.com (Denny Lynn)
Date: 20 Jul 1995 07:45:17 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Denny Lynn Friis
Gender:Female (denny is denise not dennis) this question was more fun
when it was sex
Age: 26 on Monday
Location: down the street from Matt V. (orlando, fl)
E-mail address: Denny Lynn @ AOL
Marital status: mostly
Children: nope birth control's still legal & I'm still not ready
Occupation: Tire Mounting Customer Service @ Sam's Club
# of sets in LEGO collection: china cabinet full & assorted boxes of
unbuilt things
# of LEGO pieces: If you want to know come count them - I'm busy playing
w/ them:)
First LEGO set:Black Monarch's Castle
Favorite theme(s): CASTLE CASTLE CASTLE trains
Favorite set(s): BMC & any catapult except the dragon throwing up
Current project: trading Donna (my little sis) for Matt V's legos :) 
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: taking donna to matt's lego party
Imaginary pieces- The lego whale (a piece I apparently only dreamed of &
didn't realise wasn't real until I posted about wanting one.)




From: wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk (Mr & Mrs T Toovey)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 08:59:53 GMT
Organization: Power Internet Ltd
Reply-To: wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk

Name: John Toovey
Gender: male
Age: 31
Location: Milton Keynes, England
E-mail address:Wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk
Marital status:Married
Children:one
Occupation:Car hire executive
# of sets in LEGO collection:100 ish
# of LEGO pieces:? I don't know.
First LEGO set:cargo airplane
Favorite theme(s):Castle
Favorite set(s):
Current project:Collecting old castle sets

John Toovey
wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk




From: quinlanr@darwin.biology.QueensU.CA (Roberto Quinlan)
Date: 22 Jul 1995 16:42:24 GMT
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston

Name: Roberto Quinlan
Gender: male
Age: 23
Location: home is Dundas, Ontario, school is Kingston, Ontario
E-mail address: quinlanr@darwin.biology.queensu.ca
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: graduate student
# of sets in LEGO collection: can't recall, about 50-60
First LEGO set: the space ship that looks like a mini Galaxy Explorer
Favourite theme(s): castle, town
Favourite set(s):
Current project: hoping to find an apartment with enough space so that
		I can finally bring my LEGO out of my parent's garage,
		after 8 years of LEGO-less existence
Claim to LEGO fame:  Don't know if this is fame, but I have almost all
		of the early space LEGO sets.  Only lacking Galaxy Explorer.

Roberto Quinlan
quinlanr@darwin.biology.queensu.ca




From: smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com (Stephen Dailey)
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 02:17:43 GMT
Organization: OSD, Inc.

Name: Stephen Dailey
Gender: male
Age: 28
Location: Woodinville, Washington
E-mail address: smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: civil engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: more than 7; exact number unknown
First LEGO set: universal set, model number unknown; sometime around 1971
Favourite theme(s): Technic
Favourite set(s): Technic 8062 (that is, until I can afford the Super Car!)
Current project:  dump truck with power take-off for tilt mechanism
Claim to LEGO fame: two pre-Technic "Expert Builder" sets (960 and 961)

Stephen Dailey
Woodinville, Washington USA
smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com




From: SDM52563@pcvan.or.jp
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 01:54:28 GMT
Organization: PC-VAN, Japan. 

Name: Teruhiko Shinohara
Gender: male
Age: 34
Location: Japan,Hokkaido
E-mail address: SDM52563@pcvan.or.jp
Marital status: married (2 years)
Children: son (age 1)
Occupation: Managing Director of Lumber Factory
# of sets in LEGO collection: 50+
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: basic blocks of 25 years ago
Favorite theme(s): Model Team & Technic
Favorite set(s): 5550(I bought in London,I can't buy this set in Japan.)
Current project: Getting the Model Team sets that are not bought in Japan.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I am telling My friends(like Legos) r.t.l. :).
Other: My son likes Duplos.

Thank you.
Terry




From: jlammiman@cix.compulink.co.uk ("John Lammiman")
Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:46:14 GMT

Name: John Lammiman 
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Location: Northampton, Great Britain
E-mail address: jlammiman@cix.compulink.co.uk
Marital status: Married
Children: 1, Claire aged 7 who is my chief assistant and into Belville
Occupation: Computer Engineer turned Purchasing Manager
# of sets in LEGO collection: Technic = 16, Town = 3 Trucks, Castle = 1 + 
3 Minifig sets
# of LEGO pieces: Haven't counted 
First LEGO set: Of my own - 8042, but I worked my way through Claire's 
Duplo and Basic Lego first. 
Favorite theme(s): Technic and now Castle and Town. You guys have a lot 
to answer for. I just had to have a skeleton and some knights.
Favorite set(s): I guess the 8880 Supercar and 8856 Helicopter... at the 
moment
Current project: The new 8422 motorbike
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None yet but I'll continue to work on it.




From: stroker@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Mark Stokosa)
Date: 5 Aug 1995 11:57:06 GMT
Organization: Rotor Air Service

Name:                         Mark Stokosa
Gender:                       Male
Age:                          19
Location:                     Stevens Point, WI or Madison, WI
E-mail address:               stokosa@cae.wisc.edu
Marital status:               Single, but spoken for
Children:                     None as of yet
Occupation:                   Student, factory laborer over summer (Ack!)
# of sets in LEGO collection: 40-60
# of LEGO pieces:             Enough to fill two standard-size paper boxes
First LEGO set:               Not sure, but it may be an Exxon gas station,
                                circa 1980
Favorite theme(s):            None, really; I buy for parts
Favorite set(s):              Black Falcon's Fortress, the pinnacle of 
                                affordable housing for lesser nobles
Current project:              Making the Rotor Air Service WWW pages
                                (bios of characters, pictures of vehicles,
                                price scale for services offered, etc.)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Co-creating the Rotor Air Service--the rowdiest
                                no-job-too-illegal Lego mercenary company
                                around

The RAS was created about six or seven years ago by myself and an uncle of
mine.  He started me on building helicopters for various unsavory Lego
characters, and from there it took on a life of its own.  The company has
existed in many different forms over the years, with only its setting 
(an undisclosed island in the Caribbean) and a few central characters 
remaining constant.  The members of the RAS range from a bo-wielding chief
tech/bartender ("Mr. Clean and his staff will be pleased to serve you.")
to a financial consultant who was kicked off of Wall Street for making 
investment choices that were a bit...too good.  All in all, the RAS has
been the single best interactive storytelling device I've ever encountered.

Which brings up a question:  Does anyone else use Lego people to role-play?
If so, how?  My uncle and I worked well together, as both of us controlled
characters on both sides of the conflicts that had a way of happening.  We
were both committed to realism, so logic usually prevailed over "I shot you
first" arguments.  Alas, he moved out a few years ago, so I've just been
maintaining the Service and having it ready to play with for when he visits.

For those of you interested in getting an idea of what a RAS member looks
like, here's the standard uniform:  white pants with black belt, pirate-theme
imperial torso with blue sleeves, black gloves, unique face, and head
covering of choice.  Of course, seeing as it IS a mercenary company,
deviations from standard uniform are more common than strict adherence to it.

Enough of my fantasy world.  This post is in response to the six hours of
smiling that stumbling upon this 'froup has caused.  Even though you're all
just selfishly pursuing your own love of a deceptively simple plastic toy,
thank you anyway.

Mark

PS- I had no idea a "Forest Wench" was so rare.  After hearing mention of her
in a few unrelated posts, I realized that I had purchased the Foresters'
River Crossing completely by accident a number of years ago.  I went into my
people box, and sure enough, there she was.  The upshot of all this is that
one, she and I have been reading posts together on rtl for the last two 
hours, and two, no, I will NOT trade her.  Play well.  :)

                       http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~stokosa/




From: closr@ix.netcom.com (Elaine Wilson )
Date: 10 Aug 1995 16:32:02 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name: Elaine
Gender: F
Age: 22
Mental age/status of inner child: Hard one to answer; my inner child
prefers toys and books meant for the ages of 4 through 8, but my
mental age is a different thing entirely.
Location: St. Pete, Florida
E-mail address: closr@ix.netcom.com
Marital status: single
Children: should be heard and seen. No, I don't have any.
Occupation: Desktop Publishing Professional (whatever.)
# of sets in LEGO collection: ten or so
# of LEGO pieces: a thousand, I suppose, averaging 100 per set?
First LEGO set: a Universal Building Set. I had it up until a couple of
years ago when my heartless parents gave it to Goodwill.
Favorite theme(s): Castle and Pirates
Favorite set(s): That I have, Dark Dragon's Den. In the world, all of them.
Current project: Eating a chicken sandwich
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I have an early Space guy (all white, red
hands, planet on chest) who enters all my other temporally displaced
models, rather Quantum-Leap-ily. He's quite well-known throughout my
dining room.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: I answered this already, and I almost
started a Mac vs. IBM war, so I'm not going to do it again!




From: psoohoo@q.continuum.net (Patrick J. Soo Hoo II)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 03:50:10 GMT
Organization: Continuum Communications Inc.

Name: Patrick Soo Hoo II (it sucks to start your life as a sequel ;_;)
gender: male, with infatuation for lesbianism
age: 22
location: Connecticut
e-mail address: psoohoo@q.continuum.net
marital status: Single
children: maybe never
occupation: recent college gradaute.  (i.e. unemployed)

# sets in LEGO collection: ~30-40
# pieces: rough estimate at ~2000 (?)
first set: The claw-backed space vehicle, piloted by a Red space
figure (this is 6822 in Europe)

favorite theme: Space!  ^_^
favorite set: The Galaxy Explorer and Galaxy Commander, neither of 
which I ever owned, so they became holy grails to me.  Space Supply
Station and Cosmic Fleet Voyager, of the sets I own.

current project: Cleaning up those long-unused things and making
repairs to broken pieces after a recent visit by young cousins.
("hurricane Corey and Theodore")  Making tearful decision about
whether to sell these beloved old bricks.

greatest claim to fame: Having the most "advanced" weapon craft
designs and best color-coordination in the lego wars of junior high
school, with hard points, reactive armor and ability to be quickly
modified into multiple configurations (depending on the mission) by
changing removable parts stored at the bases.  The rugged "Turtle"
series was our side's battle saint of the ground war, with the "Dragon
Turtle" the most feared ground vehicle around.  Air and Space duties
were handled by the armored all-purpose "Starlite" interceptor series
(my personal favorite ones ever..don't you wish you were smart enough
to take pictures of long lost designs?  ;_;).  

But we lost the war because there weren't enough "good" pieces left to
make decent secondary vehicles to support the prima donnas.  ^_^

other interests:  video games, drawing, reading, movies

Pat




From: ophelia@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Dawn Allen)
Date: 8 Sep 1995 10:26:03 -0400
Organization: University of Michigan Computing Club (UMCC)

Name:  			Dawn
Gender: 		Female
Age:			23
Location:		Orlando, FL
E-mail address:		ophelia@umcc.umcc.umich.edu
Marital status:		Single but Living With Boyfriend
Children:		None
Occupation:		Purchasing Agent
# of sets in LEGO: 	About 15-20 if you count little ones
# of LEGO pieces: 	Enough to mostly fill a 5-gallon bucket
First LEGO set:	 	That I don't have anymore: some small basic set
	 		That I do have: Magic Shop
Favorite theme(s): 	Castle, Pirates (forestmen, islanders)
Favorite set(s):	Don't have one yet
Current project:	Amassing more lego, just starting to collect again
Greatest claim:		Saddest Lego love story (I posted it)




From: Dave Michelson <dmichels@execpc.com>
Date: 9 Sep 1995 05:23:14 GMT
Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI

Name:                   Dave Michelson

Gender:                 Male

Age:                    41

Location:               Brown Deer, WI

E-mail address:         dmichels@execpc.com

Marital status:         divorced

Children:               two wonderful boys! (Ben-7 Sam-5)

Occupation:             MIS Director

# of sets in LEGO:	100-200, I'm just not sure, but I have all the 	
			instructions so I'll have to add them up one day.

# of LEGO pieces:       ?

First LEGO set:         6268 - Renegade Runner, purchased in 1994 for my 
			boy Ben.  After that I was addicted!  (So are my 
			"babies")

Favorite theme(s):      boys love Castle - I like town, train,Castle -All!

Favorite set(s):        It keeps changing!

Current project:        Building a second level to our Train set-up

Greatest claim:         None - although my collection is pretty 	
			interesting.

Other Interests:	Performed professionally as a comedy magician 
			("insult comedian") for business groups for 27 
			years.  Retired from that last year to devote more 
			time to Ben and Sam.  Investing in an up-and-coming 
			Magician who is breaking all box office records in a 
			Casino in Atlantic City.




From: THGroves@micron.net (Troy Groves)
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 13:17:11 -0700
Organization: Micron Internet Services

Name:                   Troy
Gender:                 male
Age:                    24
Location:               Nampa, ID
E-mail address:         thgroves@micron.net
Marital status:         married
Children:               1 boy, born 8/30/95 :)
Occupation:             Information Retreval Services (librarian)
# of sets in LEGO:      50-100
# of LEGO pieces:       several thousands
First LEGO set:         garage sale shoebox
Favorite theme(s):      castle and space, but i collect all
Favorite set(s):        1715 400 bricks
Current project:        building a giant castle
Greatest claim:         building starships that take up my entire coffee table

Name:                   Kristi
Gender:                 female
Age:                    23
Location:               Nampa, ID
E-mail address:         thgroves@micron.net
Marital status:         married
Children:               1 boy, born 8/30/95
Occupation:             speech communications major
# of sets in LEGO:      8
# of LEGO pieces:       several thousands
First LEGO set:         a redcross ambulance
Favorite theme(s):      town
Favorite set(s):        a yellow castle is what I have always wanted
Current project:        collecting city sets to build a train layout
Greatest claim:         giving birth to a perfect 5 pound, 1 ounce baby boy!




From: lewis@oscar.teclink.net (Lewis Beard)
Date: 12 Sep 1995 14:05:07 GMT
Organization: TECLink Internet Services: info@TECLink.Net

Name:			Lewis W. Beard
Gender:			Male
Age:			28
Location:		Jackson, Mississippi, USA
E-mail:			lewis@teclink.net
Marital Status:		Single, never been married
Children:		None
Occupation:		Programmer/Analyst
# of sets in LEGO:	about 50, of which about 20 are the non-small sets
# of LEGO pieces:	unknown
First LEGO SET:		some of the early space or possibly a giant
			construction kit with treads and motors .. I
			forget which was first.
Fave Theme(s):		Castle Lego. I like all the others too, however
Fave Sets:		Black Knight's Castle, Forestmen's River Fortress,
			Royal Knights Castle (love the new skeletons)
Current Project:	Break down all castle lego sets into components,
			divide lego men into 9 factions (falcon dudes,
			lion dudes, forestmen, royal knights, wolfpacks,
			black knights, dragon master warriors + dragons,
			majisto wizards + mercanaries on horseback,
			and undead legions (ghosts with swords and
			skeletons in black knight EQ), and building
			9 factional bases for each group and photo-
			graphing them and putting them on my web page. :)
Greatest Claim:		Working on it ..... :)

Lewis
--
Lewis Beard        lewis@teclink.net           http://oscar.teclink.net/~lewis




From: rasta@PEAK.ORG (Eric Pilcher)
Date: 16 Sep 1995 09:46:04 -0700
Organization: KallistiMUD - telnet mud.PEAK.ORG 4000

Name:  Eric Pilcher
Gender:  Male
Age: (How about instead:) DOB: 05/22/72  (requires less updating and reminds
people to buy me LEGO gifts annually around 5/22)
Mental age/status of inner child:  I'm just a silly adult
Location:  Atlanta, GA
E-mail address:  rasta@peak.org
Marital status:  Married
Children:  None
Occupation:  Civil Engineer (still looking for work)
# of sets in LEGO collection:  lotz 'n' lotz
# of LEGO pieces:  zoggin' lotz 'n' lotz
First LEGO set:  588 Police Headquarters
Favorite theme(s):  Castle, Pirate
Favorite set(s):  Imperial Trading Post
Current project:  Find a job to finance more LEGO
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Used a LEGO auction to help finance wedding
Other (non-LEGO) interests:

My Wife
Mountain/Wilderness hiking/camping/backpacking
Mudding (KallistiMUD)
Dragons
Fantasy Gaming (mainly D&D and Bloodbowl)

-- 
-Eric:  rasta@PEAK.ORG, gt7282c@prism.gatech.edu | http://www.peak.org/~rasta




From: martha83@aol.com (Martha 83)
Date: 16 Sep 1995 15:36:00 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Reply-To: martha83@aol.com (Martha 83)

Name:          Martha Brummett
Gender:        female
Age:             42             DOB: 12/10/52
Mental age:    16 (it does not go any higher (emotional age: 2?))
Location:        Denver, Colorado
E-mail address:martha83@aol.com
Marital status:committed (11 years)
Children:          cat, guinea pig, gerbil, hamster, mouse, 2 hedgehogs
Occupation:    accountant
# of sets in LEGO collection: 60(?)
# of LEGO pieces:   ?
First LEGO set:     Basic Box 555, gift of friends Kathryn & Tetsu
Favorite theme(s):  Pirates (of Penzance), Castle (Ruddigore),
                            Town (of Titipu)
Favorite set(s):       Knight's Challenge, Metro Station
Current project(s): costuming of minifigs as Marx Bros., musical
                    instruments,  all leading up to  construction 
                    of Lego theatre, which at this point is going
                    to resemble Central City Opera House more 
                    than Front Street Theatre, due to large 
                    population of scruffy & redundant male 
                    minifigs, who will do as miners in the house.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  creation of faun minifig
Other (non-LEGO) interests:   opera, mysteries, exotic animals,
                              astrology, Celtic religion & culture,
                              word puzzles, Neil Rubenking's
                              fantastic program BREKDOWN

Martha Brummett 
Denver, Colorado
Martha83@aol.com

LEGO: DU-- BV-- TO+3 BO TR PA++ SP-- CA+++1 
PI++2 AQ TC+ #+ S++ LS Hs F6060 M+ YB52f




From: botkin@pgh.nauticom.net ([Botkin])
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 22:30:51 GMT
Organization: Nauticom - Internet Access Provider

Name: Kira Botkin 
Gender: Female
Age: 11 going on 12
Mental age/status of inner child: Somewhere nearing four
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
E-mail address:botkin@pgh.nauticom.net
Marital status:Are you kidding??
Children: five: Boots, Tink, Frankie, Ginger, Oink (eat cat/dog/guinea 
pig food, worse than real kids. Real kids don't need scrathing posts and 
don't eat toilet paper rolls)
Occupation: Seventh Grader, little sister to 15-yr old Ellen
# of sets in LEGO collection:10 or so (hey, I'm new at this!)
# of LEGO pieces: I don't want to even think about it, mom says way too many
First LEGO set: Basic set with gears in it, #???
Favorite theme(s):all Castle, Islanders
Favorite set(s):Skeleton Surprise (just got it today!)
Current project:Green Kingdom (see http://www.nauticom.net/users/botkin)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: least amount of sets on the newsgroup?
Other (non-LEGO) interests: herpetology (a black brick to all who can 
define  it not out of the dictionary), Writing (look for me at the 
Pulitzer award show!), InterNetting, Singing, playing with my "kids" and 
my friends 
 
Shalom,
Kira
-- 
Botkin




From: andrews.76@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryan Andrews)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 05:50:09 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

Name:  Ryan M. Andrews
Gender:  Male
Age:  21
Mental Age: varies greatly, younger (12 or so) when with my legos,
	older (74, when dealing with the ever so competent schedulers
	at ohio state...i.e.."no I can't take that class then, I work
	then, you see I have to work to go to school, you know....etc,
	etc")
Location: Columbus, OH
E-Mail Address:  Woah! Get ready:  1) andrews.76@osu.edu  2) 
	andrews@cis.ohio-state.edu  3)111111.1150@compuserve.com 4) 
	70004.1200@compuserve.com  5)randrews@csi.compuserve.com
Marital Status:  Single, but still with girlfriend after over a year and a half
Children: sort of, My girlfriend and I babysit her 2 year old cousin, who 
	looks just like us.
Occupation:  Student, and Compuserve Customer Service
# Sets - 13, and growing rapidly
# pieces - Many... Three of my thirteen include Royal Knights Castle, the 
	Black Knight's Castle and the Firebreathing Fortress
First Lego set - long ago, I had many, the first two castles and a lot
	of the original space stuff, but it was all given to charity
	when I was in high school.
Favorite theme -Castle by a mile!   
Favorite set - Black Kinght's Castle, but if I get hold of some of those 
	forestmen.... 
Current project -Getting a hold of Forestman (I will take any, and make good 
	money too, so let me know!!!!!!!  Please!!!
Lego fame - Still haunting my dreams, but If I do aquire some forestmen, Then 
	I will have reached lego fame as far as I'm concerned.  
Non Lego Interests: Girlfriend, Computers, Roleplaying Games (Mainly
	Vampire..( I'm still waiting for the Gothic Lego sets (in my
	dreams...)), mainly the live action version of which I am in
	charge of the Columbus campaign (60 players in all),
	Anthropology and primate studies, Writing and Literature, and
	the two coolest tv shows in the world: The Simpsons, and The
	X-Files (can't wait for both premeres!!!!)




From: mommeeee@aol.com (Mommeeee)
Date: 17 Sep 1995 12:48:32 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Donna Politzi
Gender: F
Age: 29
Mental age: varies
Location: upstate NY
Email: Mommeeee@aol.com (soon to be terminated), Mommeeee@knighted.com
Marital status: married 6 years
Children: 4 yo boy and 2 yo girl (yes they love legos!)
Occupation: see email 
# of sets: only 4 :(  , though have about 5 duplo sets
# of pieces: not enough :D
First lego set: Pizza to Go
Favorite theme: Pirate, Castle, Town
Favorite set: oooh, tough one. Maybe Enchanted Island
Current project: Trying to locate Town Main Street set to use for therapy
for my son (he's autistic)
Greatest claim to lego fame: working on that one......
Other non-lego interests: reading, school volunteer, internetting




From: hughesj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Date: 17 Sep 95 14:02:21 EST
Organization: University of Cincinnati

Name: Jim Hughes
Gender: M
Age: 31
Mental age: Not very old, apparently
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
E-Mail: hughesj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Marital status: Married
Children: 3 (Andy 5.5, Amanda 2.5, Alex 1)
 and they all play with legos of some sort
Occupation: Intensive care unit pharmacist
#lego sets: approx 50
#lego pieces: alot
First lego set: As a child I remember a "basic"
 set (125) and the 420 rescur unit (ca. 1974-5).
 As an adult my first set was Technic universal
 set 8034 (ca 1990).
Favorite theme: 1. Technic, 2. Trains
Favorite sets: 8880 Super Car, 8854 Power Crane
 8838 Shock cycle and maybe the Freight Rail
 Runner 4564 (we'll find out after Dec 25th when
 my son gets it for christmas).
Current project: 1. The lego flight simulator
 (this is the prop plane 8855 + the control
 center 8094). 2. Trying not to play with the
 train before christmas.
Claim to Lego fame: ?
Other interests: Antique furniture (you think
 legos are an expensive hobby!), computers,
drugs (see above)




From: tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com (Tim Westcott)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 13:05:42 -0800

Name: Tim Westcott
Gender:  male
Age:  19
Mental Age:  19 :P
Location:  Surrey, BC
E-Mail Address:  tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com
Marital Status:  Quite single... *sigh* ;)
Children:  like my Lego room...
Occupation:  Student
# Sets - eep! many..
# pieces - um, two big Rubbermaid containers..
First Lego set - got two at the same time, #361 Garage, and #600 police car.. 
Favorite theme - Space! Castle is a close second.. I tend to lump Aquazone in
		with space for some reason..
Favorite set - #6980, the BEST spaceship Lego ever made..
Current project - Um, working on a very large vehicle, possibly goin to turn
		it into a moving rave ;)
Greatest claim to Lego fame - Well, honestly, the little DJ guy I have
		created, replete with turntables :)
Other interests besides Lego - Music, namely electronic.. I have a burgeoning
		studio in my computer room.. It's only burgeoning for now tho,
		I plan to do more with it :)

I am not much cooler than that suggests... ;)

tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com




From: colonr@jec305.its.rpi.edu (Cap'n Crunch)
Date: 18 Sep 1995 10:06:00 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Reply-To: colonr@rpi.edu

Name: Robert Colonna
Gender: M
Age: 19
Mental age/status of inner child: 6 1/2
Location:Troy, NY
E-mail address: colonr@rpi.edu
Marital status:single
Children:none
Occupation:engineering student
# of sets in LEGO collection: 200+
# of LEGO pieces:25,000+
First LEGO set: Coast Guard Station
Favorite theme(s): Town, Space
Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Launch n Load Seaport
Current project: Navy Perry-class frigate
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (see it at
http://www.rpi.edu/~colonr/lego.html)
Other (non-LEGO) interests: mountain biking, Macintosh stuff, drawing




From: <your white pages>@csus.edu
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 23:28:18 GMT
Organization: California State University Sacramento

Name: Michael
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Mental age: Weird
Local: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
E-Mail: N/A
Marital Status: Three guesses
 Occupation: Student/Amature programmer
# of LEGO sets: Probably < 100
# of LEGOs: I Estimate 10,000-20,000
First LEGO Set: Kings Castle and a REAL old Basic set
Favorite Themes: Castle, Pirate, Basic
Fave Sets: King's castle, Black Seas Baracuda, 25th Anaversary Blue Basic
 bucket
Current Project: Hmmm..... making a starcruiser
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: My giant castle, and having not disassembled the
 BSB after
more that 4 years!
Other Interests: Programming games, Web surfer extraordinare
Operating System/Computer: IBM (clone)486DX running MS-DOS 6.2
Personal Quote: "Windows 95: The illigitamate child of System 7 and DOS", me,
 3 weeks ago. :)

Here's my  LEGEEK code(hope I did it right...)
DU
FS ++++
FL ---
HM ----
BV ----
TO ++
TR
PA
SP +++
CA ++++
PI ++++
AQ
MT +
TC ++
MOC ++++
# +++
S
LS--
HSP
A+
YB81

Well, that's it!  Also, is there anywhere I can get spare castle parts(i,e.
balconies, walls, corners...)?  I have a really cool castle (Inhabited by
Crusaders and led by the RK King), but it's mostly in Basic white bricks!
Whaaa!!! :(

That's it! :)
-Michael




From: qrappan@ki.ericsson.se (Peter Andersson)
Date: 19 Sep 1995 06:03:36 GMT
Organization: Ericcsson Radio Systems
Reply-To: qrappan@ki.ericsson.se

Name:  Peter Andersson
Gender:  male
Age:  28
Mental Age:  mostly adult
Location:  Stockholm, Sweden
E-Mail Address:  see above
Marital Status:  not married yet!
Children:  two, both girls, 2 and 3 years old
Occupation:  consultant engineer, electronics
# Sets - 58, plus a lot of lego from my childhood
# pieces - not a clue, a lot
First Lego set - don't remember
Favorite theme - Technic, Model Team and Trains
Favorite set - Control Center 8094
Current project - to learn my children how to build on their own
Greates claim to Lego fame - ?

I don't have an internet connection on my own yet, but in a near future I will.

Peter  




From: gkomatsu@uhunix4.its.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 10:50:40 GMT

Name:  Galen Komatsu
Gender: Male
Age: 20'ish
Mental age/status of inner child:  $000c
Location: nowhere near any of you
E-mail address:  gkomatsu@hawaii.edu
Marital status:  dateless and desperate
Children:
Occupation:  perpetual student
# of sets in LEGO collection:  50+  (95% in the "collective")
# of LEGO pieces:  bwahahahahahahhahahha!
First LEGO set: ?
Favorite theme(s):  original space line, Technic
Favorite set(s):  Supercar, Galaxy Explorer
Current project: figuring out how to split 5 switch rails between
	6 buyers... clearing floorspace to pull out everything...
	drawing up mental plans for a bascule bridge.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  fooled around with Technic gears and
	did 600:1 ratio (given what I had), _and_ cranked it a full
	turn =^)  (sorry, can't think of anything else...)
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Videogames: classics and "research",
	Kite flying, Devil stick'ing, Japanese language, Japanese
	music, Japanese culture, Japanese girls... (^_^)
--
gkomatsu@hawaii.edu




From: guest@getnet.com ((Your Name))
Date: 20 Sep 1995 22:30:53 GMT
Organization: GetNet, International

Name: Gordon Thomas
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Mental age/status of inner child: 12
Location: Mesa, AZ
E-mail address: gordon@pluma.com
Marital status: Single
Children: Nada
Occupation: Internet Site Manager
# of sets in LEGO collection: 400+
# of LEGO pieces: 100,000+
First LEGO set: 1979 space set (set# unkown)
Favorite theme(s): Castle, Space, Pirate
Favorite set(s): Anything with Falcons or Blacktron(I)
Current project: Building a 10' by 10' land for medival warfare
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: 15' square space colony w/supporting 15
ship     flotilla (trashed my brother all over the place!).
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Drawing, Paintguns, Music, Hot Chics.




From: ez054386@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (Dimitry Vladimirov)
Date: 20 Sep 1995 17:59:31 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis

Name: Dimitry Vladimirov
Gender: M
Age: 19
Mental Age: usually somewhere between little boy and old man
Local: Davis, California
E-Mail: dsvladimirov@ucdavis.edu
Marital Status: divorced 9 times w/14 children, or single, I forget.
Occupation: Facilities Services Mechanic at Genentech and Mechanical 
Engineering student at UCD.
#Lego sets: (purchased new) about 30
#Legos: 35,000 - 40,000
First Lego set: basic (about 4 yrs old.)
Favorite themes/sets: Technic and space.
Current project:  military-style jet airplane about 45 feet in scale 
w/fully retractable landing gear w/steering and shock-absorbing nose wheel.
Greatest claim to Lego fame: building an operational mech/robot that had 
fully articulated joints that was sturdy and did not collapse when you 
stood it up or tried to move it.
Other interests: TRACK AND FIELD (I compete for the university, 200M, 
400M and 800M.)  FOOD (8000 - 10,000 calories a day when I'm working 
out.)  Camping/fly fishing.  (My other two were computers and legos, but 
this kinda speaks for itself.)




From: tthomas@infinet.com (Tom Thomas)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:08:25 +1000
Organization: InfiNet

Name: Tom Thomas
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Year of birth: 1955
Mental age/status of inner child: About 12!
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
E-mail address: tthomas@infinet.com
Marital status: Married
Children: 1 daughter
Occupation: Own/operate manufactured home community
# of sets in LEGO collection: 206
# of LEGO pieces: 34,588 plus 3-5000 more not counted.
First LEGO set: #717 Junior Constructor, circa 1965
Favorite theme(s): Model Team, Train, Town, Technic
Favorite set(s): 5590, 4558, 6399, 6484, 8680, 8880
Current project: Building all of the sets I have acquired during the last 10 
  months (mostly after discovering RTL!)  Also starting to plan my LEGO 
  town, construction to begin soon.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None that I can think of.   
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Dual-sport motorcycling (Honda XR250L), ATV 
  riding (Yamaha Warrior), snowmobiling (Arctic Cat Pantera), RV travel (25' 
  Barth motorhome), reading. 

                Tom Thomas
            tthomas@infinet.com
   He who dies with the most toys wins!

LEGO: MT++++1c(5590)TR+++2(4558)TO+++3(6399) 
TC+++(8680)AQ++#++++SLS/LS++HsM+A+YB55m




From: "Dan \"Superdan\" Bailey" <superdan@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 14:15:21 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University


Name:  Dan Bailey 
Gender:  male
Age:  22
Year of birth:  1972
Mental age/status of inner child:  main personality: 22
				     alternate: 12
Location:  Mankato, Minnesota, USA
E-mail address:  superdan@krypton.mankato.msus.edu
LEGO/home page url:  http://att2.cs.mankato.msus.edu/~superdan/
Marital status:  single
Children:  just my alternate personality, thanks
Occupation:  student/soldier/writer
# of sets in LEGO collection:  God Only Knows
# of LEGO pieces:  I can't count that high.  :)
First LEGO set:  one of the basic block sets while living in Europe in 1976
Favorite theme(s):  Ice Planet, Town (Police especially), and original 
		      Space 
Favorite set(s):  The Deep-Freeze Defender
Current project:  establishing a Lego Police-State in my dorm room and
		    subjugating my roommate with it
		    also trying to finish and publish my first SF novel
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Would like to be reincarnated as a Deep-
			        Freeze Defender pilot
Other (non-LEGO) interests:  Bicycle racing, the Cyberpunk role-playing
			       game, writing science fiction




From: Charles Edward Millen <cem2333@tam2000.tamu.edu>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 22:37:06 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Name:  	Charles Millen (Charlie)
Gender:	M
Age:  	21
Year of birth:  1974
Mental age/status of inner child:  Somewhere between 2-8
Location:
	College Station, TX, when I'm at school
	Dallas, TX, when I'm at home  
E-mail address:	ncc-elmo@tamu.edu
LEGO/home page url:
	homepage:  http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cem2333/
	legopage:  http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cem2333/legos.html

	legopage just has links on it right now

Marital status: Not married
Children:	None  
Occupation:	Student at Texas A&M University
# of sets in LEGO collection:
	over 53 I'm guessing
# of LEGO pieces:	Yeah right!
First LEGO set:		I think that it was the Starfleet Voyager (6929)
Favorite theme(s):	Space
Favorite set(s):
	Blacktron (I and II)
	I like the Unitron color scheme
Current project:
	Just finished (I think) a ship with Unitron color scheme
	Working on a big BTII ship
	Raytracing Lego bricks
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:
	Got to see the White House and Liberty Bell made of LEGO bricks
Other (non-LEGO) interests: (other ways I spend my time)
 	Church, gutar, programming, electronics, Star Trek, cartoons
	School (I'm a junior Computer Science major), raytracing




From: Eelco Maljaars <eelco@cornnet.nl>
Date: 20 Nov 1995 13:19:08 GMT
Organization: Delft University of Technology

Name:  Eelco Maljaars
Gender:  male
Age:  21
Year of birth:  1974
Mental age/status of inner child:  10 years, 9 months and 3 days        
Location:  Delft, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
E-mail address:  eelco@cornnet.nl
LEGO/home page url: not yet, coming soon!
Marital status:  single
Children:  2 teenage mutant turtles (but then a bit smaller)
Occupation:  nurse (don't know the english male form this)
# of sets in LEGO collection:  100+
# of LEGO pieces:  ehhh....
First LEGO set:  I thin kit was a basic set with houses and a eletric motor
Favorite theme(s):  Town, Trains
Favorite set(s):  The shutle lauch platfomr and all trains
Current project:  Trying to find some space in this one room I live in to put
my town and train (very difficult problem to solve)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  ehhh...?
What was that last one...?




From: beezer44@ix.netcom.com (Brian Zemach )
Date: 20 Nov 1995 14:29:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name: Brian Zemach and son, Aaron
Gender: Males
Age: Me-46  Aaron-4
Year of birth:1949
Mental age/status of inner child: Mine alternates between 18 and 58.  
       My son' alternates between 4 and 24
Location: Chicagoland, USA
E-mail address: beezer44@ix.netcom.com;  BAZ434@aol.com
LEGO/home page url:not that sophisticated
Marital status:I'm married, he's not
Children: I have two:  ages 4 and 1.  He has a surrogate doll with    
       same name as his younger sister.
Occupation:  Banker, kid
# of sets in LEGO collection:Lots of basic blocks and accessories,    
          plus about 30 kits.
# of LEGO pieces:  Never counter, but enough to completely cover the
floor of a 10x15 foot bedroom, which happens with depressing
regularity.
First LEGO set: That little rec vehicle with a trailer and powerboat.
Favorite theme(s): Aquazone is nice
Favorite set(s):varies
Current project:Sneaking kits and bocks into the house so my wife
won't find out how much I'm spending.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:My infant has STILL not eaten a lego piece
Other (non-LEGO) interests:Astronomy, whatever Minx is into these
days.




From: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com (ali perry)
Date: 20 Nov 1995 18:54:54 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Reply-To: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com

Name:           Ali Perry
Gender:         Female
Age:            31
Year of birth:  1964
Mental age/status of inner child: Sometimes 8 yo, sometimes 16 yo, never 31 yo.
Location:       Mountain View, CA
E-mail address: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com
LEGO/home page url: None yet...
Marital status: Married
Children: 1 child, Emily Edith 3 years old
Occupation: Senior Administrative Assistant
# of sets in LEGO collection: I'd quess atleast 50
# of LEGO pieces: I've never counted. I have 2 very large rubbermate totes full.
First LEGO set: 1976 (the year, not the set) I got my first basic set for 
	  Christmas. It had clear roof pieces, swinging gates, and the
	  people had long, jointed arms. I combined my set with a friend's
	  set (and I had more lego than her) and then she moved away
	  and, eventually, gave the entire set away. I was crushed and
	  have been overcompensating for the trauma ever since I got 
	  my first job.
Favorite theme(s): Town and Castle
Favorite set(s): Anything with cool pieces to include on my houses. I just
	  purchased the mega castle on Friday and spent the weekend
	  putting it together. It's a great set. My husband (what a guy!)
	  bought a pink set (Paradiso?) just so I could have the spiral
	  staircase that I had been eyeballing.
Current project: Keeping my 3 year old out of the lego bins until she's
          old enough to appreciate them. Right now she leaves them on the
	  floor and doesn't know how to take care of them. We're working on
	  it. Also, she knows the legos are Mummy's toys. :-)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: All the kids at my daughter's daycare want to come
	 over to our house and play with the legos.
Other (non- LEGO) interests: Playing with my daughter, quilting, hiking in the
	foothills, traveling, gambling (slots and roulett in Vegas), and 
	writing.




From: yarek@gonzo.klg.com (Jaroslaw "Yarek" Kowalik)
Date: 20 Nov 1995 17:46:39 -0500
Organization: KL Group Inc.

Name:  	Jaroslaw Kowalik (Yarek)
Gender:	M
Age:  	24
Year of birth:  1971
Mental age/status of inner child:  Circa age 10-12
Location:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E-mail address:	yarek@klg.com, jkowalik@calum.uwaterloo.ca
LEGO/home page url:	none yet
Marital status:  	Not married
Children:	None  
Occupation:
	Full time employee. Write Motif widgets for work. Recently graduated
	from University of Waterloo in CS.
# of sets in LEGO collection:	Well over 20. Lots of small stuff though.
# of LEGO pieces:	Dunno, next project.
First LEGO set:
	Old type of a house, with minifigs with no faces, no hands, and that
	could not bent. This set was left in the old country... Then old style
	BASIC like fire trucks with men with large heads and multi-jonted arms 
	(1970s), and with torsos made of 2x2 bricks. Older Space Lego and 
	Technic.
Favorite theme(s):
	Space (mostly old, but did not pay attention to Legos for pas 5 years,
	so maybe there is some new space that I would like).
	Technic.
Favorite set(s):
	Super Car. Really nifty stuff (will have to get it for Chirstmas).
Current project:
	Rebuilding all the Lego sets I owe (checking for defects/missing
	pieces).
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:	none
Other (non-LEGO) interests: (other ways I spend my time)
	Programming, wood working, sci-fi movies and books, tai-chi...
-- 
Yarek Kowalik -- yarek@klg.com




From: richards@uoguelph.ca (Allan Richards)
Date: 21 Nov 1995 21:31:27 GMT
Organization: University of Guelph

Name: Allan Richards 
Gender: M
Age: 20
Year of birth: 1975
Mental age/status of inner child: varies day to day
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
E-mail address: richards@uoguelph.ca
LEGO/home page url: None <snif>
Marital status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
Program: Hotel and Food Administration
# of sets in LEGO collection: nearing 200
# of LEGO pieces: 6  ;)
First LEGO set: Big Yellow Castle (375)
Favorite theme(s): Town/Trains
Favorite set(s): Airport Monorail (6399), L/S Vehicles
Current project: Re-assembling sets after the last project (outdoor stage)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Known by name at Miller's Toystore, in 
				Truro, Cornwall, England.
				They look forward to my arrival each summer.
				Most of my Lego must have come from 
				there over the years, and they give me 
				lots of promo stuff (large advertising 
				posters, etc). 
Other (non-LEGO) interests: basketball, campus radio DJ, dsktop publishing




From: Jim Merullo <jmerullo@tiac.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:09:50 -0500
Organization: The Internet Access Company
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Name: Jim Merullo
Gender: M
Age: 26
Year of birth:  1969
Mental age/status of inner child:  12
Location:  Boston, MA
E-mail address:  JMerullo.tiac.net
LEGO/home page url:  None yet, but soon
Marital status:  S
Children:  none
Occupation:  Computer Tech / goof off
# of sets in LEGO collection:  30 and growing
# of LEGO pieces:  Bullions and Bullions...
First LEGO set:  old truck with crain on back
Favorite theme(s):  Town / space
Favorite set(s):  Super car... my first really huge set!
Current project:  "Lego Mission to Mars"
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Destroyed more peices as a kid
                              than anyone else!
Other (non-LEGO) interests:  Mountaineering, hiking, guitar




From: r.de.bruijn@akam.nl (Robert)
Organization: NLNet
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:48:10 GMT

Name: Robert de Bruijn
Gender: M
Age: 28
Year of birth: 1967
Mental age/status of inner child: ageless/having a ball
Location: Loenen, The Netherlands
E-mail address: R.de.Bruijn@Akam.nl
LEGO/home page url: working...
Marital status: divorced
Children: girl (2 yrs) Rose, boy (5 yrs) Nicky
Occupation:  System integration consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection: app. 120
# of LEGO pieces: plenty
First LEGO set: that was way back in '69. I think it was the old train
Favorite theme(s): Aquazone, Unitron, train, forestmen, castle
Favorite set(s): 6691 monorail
Current project: still secret, watch rtl
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: got published in Dutch Lego newspaper once
Other (non-LEGO) interests: plenty




From: jefetved@interpath.net (Jeremy Fetvedt)
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:50:47 GMT
Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina
Reply-To: jefetved@interpath.net (Jeremy Fetvedt)

Name: Jeremy Fetvedt
Gender: M
Age: 22
Year of birth: 1973
Mental age/status of inner child: I'll say about 12, wife will say 4
Location:  Raleigh, NC
E-mail address:  jefetved@interpath.net
LEGO/home page url: none (yet)
Marital status: Married
Children:1 (step son -- 4yrs)
Occupation: Network Technician at an ISP
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~30
# of LEGO pieces: alot, might fit in a really large suitcase
First LEGO set: I have no idea, I must have been about 3 yrs old
Favorite theme(s): Technic
Favorite set(s): The newest supercar (8880 (?))
Current project:  Computer control
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Keeping MY legos seperate from my 4 yr 
olds
Other (non-LEGO) interests:  motorcycles, 4x4's, SCUBA, caving, etc...




From: m-17868@mailbox.swipnet.se (Oskar Sandberg)
Date: 24 Nov 1995 21:51:24 GMT
Organization: -

Name:	Oskar Sandberg
Gender:	M
Age:	17
Year of birth:	95-17= 78
Mental Age:	Hmmm, 9
Location:	Sweden
E-mail adress:	m-17868@mailbox.swipnet.se
Lego/home page url:	none as jet
Marital Status:		single
Children:	No, they would steal my legos :)
Occupation:	Student
# of Lego sets in collection:	Alot, 200-250-300 and it is true.
# of lego pieces	est. >30,000, filled to moving crates when I moved
First LEGO set:		Duplo rattle, at age 0.5
Favorite Theme:		Space, the new undersea one is cool aswell
Favorite set:		The orginal Monorail
Current Project:	Mech robot, (1 meter tall)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:
	Built a roal on roal off ferry that fit +20 lego cars, and with 
	lots of cabins, restaurants, and swimmingpools. With a complete 
	harbor to dock it. 
Other (non-LEGO) interests:
	hhhhmmmm, sleeping, eating, and maybe a little computer.




From: train1@ttuhsc.edu
Date: 27 Nov 1995 09:30:41 GMT
Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services

Name: Derrick S. Ginter
Gender: Male TEXAN
Age: 27
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of inner child: 45/On life support
Location: Lubbock, Texas (Home of Buddy Holly)
E-Mail Address: POLDG@TTUSHC.EDU
LEGO/Home Page URL: None, but hoping to change that soon!!
Marital Status: Single and getting desperate (send pics to my mom)
Children: None
Occupation: Police Dispatcher/911 Operator for the Texas Tech University 
Health Sciences Center
# of sets in LEGO collection: about 25-30
# of LEGO pieces: Unknown
First LEGO set: Some basic bulk brick set from the early 70s, a yellow 
wrecker with blue car, red double-decker bus, and a Dutch Windmill Set!!
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, Modellers
Favorite Set(s): My own designs.
Current project: YF-22 ATF (New US Air Force Fighter Jet)/updating my PC 
Lego library
Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: Lego X-Wing (minifig scale), Lego bricks for 
your PC (using Windows Paintbrush Utility)
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Ham Radio Operator (callsign: N5UQC), Storm 
Spotter for National Weather Service, Aviation, Flight Simulation, NASA 
Buff, Computers, Star Wars fan, and frequent user of the IRC (nickname: 
MOCR).




From: peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se (Peter Gustafsson)
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:54:16 GMT
Organization: Uniplus Internet Access

Name: Peter Gustafsson
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Year of birth: 1968
Mental age/status of inner child: 9/Wishing Santa will bring me Lego
Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden
E-mail address: peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se
LEGO/home page url: None at this time, maybe later
Marital status: Single, and getting desperate...
Children: You mean the little ones with yellow faces and big smiles?
Occupation: Quality supervisor
# of sets in LEGO collection: Somewhere between 10 and 100
# of LEGO pieces: Not nearly enough
First LEGO set: Some sort of large fire engine with steering
Favorite theme(s): All of them (can't make up my mind)
Favorite set(s): My newly build space-ship
Current project: Making the above better
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: My space ship has four large guns in
pylons under the wings
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Net-surfing, Mountain-biking,
Photography, Reading fantasy-books (Tolkien, David Eddings)

----- Peter Gustafsson --- Eskilstuna Sweden -----
----------- peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se ----------- 




From: caweglicki@vaxsar.vassar.edu (caweglicki)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 03:05:24 GMT
Organization: Vassar College

Name: caldwell weglicki
Gender:  m
Age:  23
Year of birth:  1972
Mental age/status of inner child:  11
Location:  maryland (homebase)
E-mail address:  caweglicki@vaxsar.vassar.edu
LEGO/home page url: N/A
Marital status:  3 yr. relatinship w/ sig-oth
Children: 0 (but i have 2 10yr. old brothers)
Occupation:  student (until jan.)
# of sets in LEGO collection:  ~85
# of LEGO pieces: exactly alot
First LEGO set:  the large general brick set from 1979 (lotsa red
	slopies!)
Favorite theme(s): SPACE, EXPERT BUILDER (technic)
Favorite set(s):  Galaxy Explorer (1st space i owned), M-Tron
	Magnetizer
Current project:  graduating and finding apt. with sig-oth
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  15+ original designs at home waiting to
	be photographed, scanned and "submitted for your approval."
Other (non-LEGO) interests:  computers, music, computer music, reading,
	drawing, video games, TV.




From: saint@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Sutton)
Date: 3 Dec 1995 21:41:12 GMT
Organization: Little Yellow People

Name: Michael Sutton 
Gender: male
Age: 20
Year of birth: 1975
Mental age/status of inner child: 8 or 9 
Location: Bloomington, Indiana or Louisville, Kentucky (depending
	  on the time of year)
E-mail address: saint@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
Marital status: single
Children: are some of my best friends.
Occupation: Student at Indiana University (studying Developmental
	    Psychology and Linguistics -- emphasis on language
	    development in children) 
# of sets in LEGO collection: about 25
# of LEGO pieces: approximately 3000
First LEGO set: A Black Falcon set from the mid 80's
Favorite theme(s): Castle and Imperial Guards (although Space is nice too)
Favorite set(s): that I own?... 6054 Forestmen's Hidout
Current project: Acquiring more LEGO sets.  :)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Still dreaming about what that will be.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: too diverse to list...I'm interested in
			    everything!




From: zbenz@hmc.edu (Zachary Benz)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 04:50:33 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

Name: Zach Benz
Gender: M
Age: 19
Year of birth: 76
Mental age/status of inner child: eternally 8
Location: college in So Cal, home in MD
E-mail address: zbenz@hmc.edu
LEGO/home page url: http://www2.hmc.edu/~zbenz/lego.html
Marital status: single
Children: all those little minifigures!
Occupation: full time student
# of sets in LEGO collection: hundreds, if not thousands
# of LEGO pieces: hundreds of thousands
First LEGO set: a warehouse from back in the 60's when Samsonite marketed Lego
    in the U.S.
Favorite theme(s): all but pirates
Favorite set(s): Metro Station
Current project: completing my new city
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I _am_ Zach "The Lego Maniac".  Where do you think
    they got the idea? :)  Ok, so maybe its not true, but I did used to write
    them about once a month when I was younger, and suddenly those commercials
    popped up.  Heck, I even got free Zaks toys (from Ohio Art) because of my
    name and collection of Lego (long story).
Other (non-LEGO) interests: cycling, volleyball

-- 
Zach "The Lego Maniac"
http://www2.hmc.edu/~zbenz/




From: Sojourn@cris.com (Jeremy Whitlock)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:51:31 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services

Name:  Jair Whitlock
Gender:  Male
Age:  21
Year of birth:  1974
Mental age/status of inner child:  10ish - Alive and Well
Location:  Richmond, VA
E-mail address:  sojourn@cris.com
LEGO/home page url:  N/A
Marital status:  Single
Children:  None, just me.  
Occupation:  Student / Micro Systems Maintenance Guy
# of sets in LEGO collection:  ~25
# of LEGO pieces:  ~3500
First LEGO set:  An old space set I had as a kid that had red 
                 and white spacemen and very cool crater baseplates.
                 (I later traded this set for Transformers at some
                 point in life while under immense peer pressure.)
Favorite theme(s):  Castle all the way though I'm finding myself dividing
                    my time (and money) between that and some Town sets of
                    late.
Favorite set(s):  #6086 Black Knight's Castle
                  #6542 Launch and Load Seaport (Which I don't own but
                  would truly love to.)
Current project:   Pestering my friends (and all of their friends) and
                   family to scour their attics and closets for old unused
                   legos so that I might provide them with a good home.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  None, yet. -grin-
Other (non-LEGO) interests:  Slinkys of every shape, size, material and
                             colour.  Juggling and various juggling 
                             objects.  Collecting those high bounce balls
                             you find in the little toy vending machines.
                             Too many other things to list.




From: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Eric Crampton)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 11:56:08 -0500
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

Name: Eric Crampton
Gender: Male
Age: 19 (and a half)
Year of birth: 1976
Mental age/status of inner child: 19 / 10
Location: Blacksburg, VA
E-mail address: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
LEGO/home page url: http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~ecrampto (no LEGO stuff)
Marital status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student (comp sci/mathematics) at Virginia Tech
# of sets in LEGO collection: About 30
# of LEGO pieces: I have no idea, maybe 4,000.
First LEGO set: LEGO Main Street
Favorite theme(s): Town, Model Team, the older castle stuff
Favorite set(s): LEGO Main Street
Current project: Organizing LEGO... Finding CP HQ's on clearance somewhere!
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I built a 1,500 piece castle
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Skateboarding, biking, computer stuff.

-- 
Eric Crampton                      | 
E-Mail: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu | WWW: http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~ecrampto




From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium)
Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:41:12 -0600
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center

Name:    Jason Misium
Gender:  male
Age:     9
Mental age/status of inner child:  12
Location:  Plano, Texas
E-mail address: jason.misium@chrysalis.org
Marital status: 
Children:  None  
Occupation:  school 
# of sets in LEGO collection:  many     
# of LEGO pieces:  many more
First LEGO set:    Duplo  
Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Aquazone, Black Knights, Paradisa, boats
Favorite set(s):  Deep Freeze Defender, Black Knights Castle
Current project:  LEGO water world
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  Youngest around here? 
Other (non-LEGO) interests: sports, drawing, being a detective, baseball cards




From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium)
Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:46:00 -0600
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center

Name:    George Misium
Gender:  o^
Age:     38
Mental age/status of inner child:  13 /  
Location:  Plano, Texas
E-mail address: misium@spdc.ti.com
Marital status: 
Children:  one 
Occupation:  R&D engineer (PhD EE) 
# of sets in LEGO collection: > 10^2      
# of LEGO pieces: > 10^2*10^2 = 10^4 ---> oo
First LEGO set:    Duplo bought for son  
Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Black and older Knights, Non-contemporary
		  boats,AZ
Favorite set(s):  1547 - Small Black Knight boat with two knights 
Current project:  underwater monorail, spaceship carrier, sunken SES=Aquashark
		  base, lighting system using 9V train supply, ...
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Son, dog, intelectual property law, creativite
process, sailing, poetry, coaching/playing soccer, managing technology 
investment club, director of non-profit org.(Be Well Corp.), baseball, 
autographs ... and work and significant other in case my boss or she is 
lurking :)




From: duffy@plains.nodak.edu (Nathan R. Duffy PGCSBA)
Date: 12 Dec 1995 00:55:36 -0600
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Network

Name: Nathan R. Duffy
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Year of birth: Hmm, 1995-22, I guess that equalls 1973...
Mental age/status of inner child: Variable/Quite Well, thank you
Location: The Wastes of North Dakota
E-mail address: duffy@plains.nodak.edu
LEGO/home page url: homepage: http://space.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~duffy
                    No LEGO content as of yet...  
Marital status: Single
Children: I should think not!
Occupation: Student/Computer Consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection: Hmm, probably in excess of 150.
# of LEGO pieces: Far too many to count.
First LEGO set: Starfleet Voyager? or some forgotten 30ct space set. 
Favorite theme(s): Blacktron I, Space, Technic, Pirate, everything else
Favorite set(s): Message Intercept Base (where are my instructions?!),
                 Airtech Claw Rig, MetroStation
Current project: Unknown, in a bit of a creative draught right now.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  None, really.  Got a Metrostation for $40.00
                              Often, during certain spontaneous 
			      competitions (Oddessey of the Mind, in
		              particular) I would mutter, "Hey, this is
			      just like Lego!"
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, RolePlaying Games, Pink Floyd,
    Bass/Electric Guitar...




From: ftor@dromond.vr.dnv.no (Frode Torske)
Date: 13 Dec 1995 15:26:15 GMT
Organization: TelePost Public Access

Name: Frode Torske
Gender: M
Age: 33
Year of birth: '62
Mental age/status of inner child: 33 (lots of grown-up men has scale trains)
Location:  Oslo, Capitol of Norway, loc. in south-eastern part of N.
E-mail address:  frodet@sn.no

Lego page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet/lego
Home page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet

Marital status: Married
Children      : 4 (Synnoeve(f) 8, Solveig(f) 5, Magnus(m) 4, Kristine(f) 2)
Occupation    : Physicist / Programmer

# of sets        : Not enough fingers and toes...
# of LEGO pieces : Thousands in room, hope none in the vacuum cleaner bag.
		      Std. procedure is to perform an autopsy before the paper
		      bag is thrashed.
First LEGO set   : I had lots of Lego as a kid (they still are at my parents
		      house). I bought the first train 2 years ago (not
		      counting Duplo trains. We've been buying Duply since the
		      oldest kid was new-born.)

Favorite theme : Train Train Train! (Technic ranks up there too! Haven't
			really started buying that yet (only got a few sets
			of my wife at Xmas!), but you just wait 'till the
			kids get a little older!) 
Favorite set(s): Blue hopper car, Crocodile 
Current project: Reassembling my display, making it larger to make room
			for the FRR which currently is in mail from USA.
			(Got the hopper car a few days ago!) :-D

Other (non-LEGO) interests:  Computers, Programming, HTML authoring, 
		sporting (running, cross-country skiing, biking, orienteering) 

Frode Torske			e-mail:	work:		ftor@vr.dnv.no	
Oslo, Norway				home(Lego):	frodet@sn.no
				http://www.sn.no/~frodet	

LEGO: 
TR++++1(c) BO++2 TO++3 PA+ DU+(+++) FS+ TC+ S- LS-- H? F4536 YB62m IC62(m)

"I will give a leg (need the last arm for building) for #4536 Blue Hopper Car" 



From: efxmstr@aol.com (EFX MSTR)
Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:23:31 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Thomas Muller
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Phoenix, Arizona
E-mail Address:  EFX_MSTR@aol.com
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Assistant Manager, Walgreens Drug Store
On R.T.L. Since:  November 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40+
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?

First LEGO Set:  6894 Blacktron
Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone
Favorite Set (s):  All?
Favorite Piece (s) /Minifigure (s):  All Base Plates, All Mini Figures
Current LEGO Project:  16 square foot Island, Pier, Beach, Mountain River,
Race Way.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Subscribing to R.T.L , ?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Sony Playstaion,  Video Games, Shopping.

LEGO:  MOC+++ PI+++ (6278) AQ+++ BO(6483) ,CA,PA,TO++ #+ S LS+++ H!?
            A@ YB72m
  



From: carnellm@awod.com (Michael Carnell)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:15:57 GMT

Name: Michael Carnell
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 (according to my wife!)
Location: Charleston, SC
E-mail Address: carnellm@awod.com
Marital Status: Married 10 years
Children: Daughter age 3.5 years, Son due in 1 week
Occupation: Computer systems engineer
On R.T.L. Since: ~7/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50
# of LEGO Pieces: Who knows? 50 x avg#/set = 5000???

First LEGO Set: small stunt 'copter 6/95 (no idea about childhood)
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates!
Favorite Set(s): Any that I don't have.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate wench
Current LEGO Project: Crewing a pirate ship with all women and then building an
                      entire pirate community.  In my other LEGO time period, I
                      am building a railroad.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The mass quantities of money my wife says I spend?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Book collecting, Jimmy Buffett music, looking but
                 not touching (I am married you know), traveling.

Guess that's it!

Michael Carnell - http://clever.net/dbd/cmc




From: ksethre@io.com (Karsten Sethre)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:52:26 GMT
Organization: none

Name:  Karsten Sethre
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Good question.  I have no idea
Location:  Austin, TX
E-mail Address:  ksethre@io.com
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Still looking
On R.T.L. Since:  Late Nov. '95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  10 or 20
# of LEGO Pieces:  Your guess is as good as mine

First LEGO Set:  442 Space Shuttle
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, space
Favorite Set(s):  Can't decide; I like them all
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Original Blacktron minifig, micromotor, 
the old crater baseplates
Current LEGO Project:  Computer interface (I can't afford $600 for 
Lego's)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I don't think I really have one, yet.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Music, programming, SF/Fantasy, MTG, INWO, 

--
Karsten Sethre             \                 <*>               / 
ksethre@io.com             < LEGO: TC+++ SP++ AQ+ TO,CA,PI,MT@ >   FNORD!
http://www.io.com/~ksethre /     #+ S++ LS++ Hri A@ YB75m      \ 




From: jek160@psu.edu (Joyce Kreuter)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:19:19 GMT
Organization: CAC

Name:  Joyce Kreuter
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  State College, PA
E-mail Address:  jek160@psu.edu
Marital Status:  Happily Married
Children:  2
Occupation: Former - Software Engineer Current - Mom 
On R.T.L. Since:  Nov '94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25+
# of LEGO Pieces:  thousands

First LEGO Set:  Basic Bricks
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  Neptune Discovery Lab, Sea Sprint 9
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Girl River Rafter
Current LEGO Project:  Build Sea Crawler/Obtain Shark Cave thingie

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  my kids, getting my teacher's cert, reading, 
computers, ice cream

Quotable Quote: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood"




From: richoz@primenet.com (Richard Ozenbaugh)
Date: 1 Jan 1996 22:08:02 -0700
Organization: RiM Computer Solutions

Name:  Richard Ozenbaugh
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1964 (Yea 64.. it's not a typo)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  Phornix
E-mail Address:  richoz@primenet.com
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  2
Occupation: Area Manager for 2 way comm. co. 
On R.T.L. Since:  6/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  15
# of LEGO Pieces:  900

First LEGO Set:  way back when all they had were square bricks....
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8880 Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  gears..
Current LEGO Project:  Understanding what makes a minifig 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  robotics, computers, electronics, wife! (not in 
that order..)




From: al136@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mathew Stephen)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:48:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)

Name:              Mathew Stephen
Gender:            Male
Year of Birth:     1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location:          Lincoln, Nebraska
E-mail Address:    ieidstep@engvms.unl.edu
Marital Status:    Single
Children:          none besides myself
Occupation:        Industrial Engineer, but currently unemployed 
On R.T.L. Since:   Summer 94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of LEGO Pieces:  Over 20,000, all inventoried by piece type and color.

First LEGO Set:    unknown, but at age 3
Favorite Theme(s): Space and castle mainly
Favorite Set(s):   Never met a set I didn't like, except Belville line.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pieces don't like; a piece that can be 
                   be created from other pieces.
Current LEGO Project:  Wanting to set up a display, but currently 
                       lacking the space to do so.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Trying to find a use for 12 empty big blue
                             buckets (set # 1819), any ideas?





From: scalpel@wizards.com (Lord Eternity)
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 23:20:07 -0700
Organization: South There Import/Export

Name:  Jon Wilkie (aka "Scalpel", "Lord Eternity", "Mr. Self-Destruct")
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Alive and kicking
Location:  Seattle, WA
E-mail Address:  scalpel@wizards.com
Marital Status:  Single, w/ girlfriend
Children:  None
Occupation:  Customer Support @ Wizards of the Coast, freelance game designer
On R.T.L. Since:  a few months ago

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  a dozen or so
# of LEGO Pieces:  No clue

First LEGO Set:  The first space sets, with the rocket launch station
Favorite Theme(s):  Aqua/Smuggling, Castle/Space
Favorite Set(s):  My modified Rebel Roadster (Simple, yet stylish)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Rebel Roadster pilot (cool biker jacket!)
Current LEGO Project:  Getting a set of drawers to sort out my collection,
building a big display for my desk at work.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  at the age of 13, building a 4-foot long
broadsword wholly out of Legos, and then swinging it in our kitchen.  We
were finding Legos for months...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  The Camarilla Fan Association, Anime, RPGs,
Hong Kong cinema, Tarantino films, my girlfriend




From: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com (Chris Dickinson)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 08:00:42 GMT
Organization: Prodigy Services Company  1-800-PRODIGY

Name:  Chris Dickinson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: umm.... i killed my inner child. i'm 
just a kid at heart naturally!  
Location: Mineral Ridge, OH 
E-mail Address:  SKLJ50A@prodigy.com
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None (thank God)
Occupation:  Sales (commission)
On R.T.L. Since:  JAN '96 (just found it!)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  somewhere between 75 and 100
# of LEGO Pieces:  yeah... right...
First LEGO Set:  one of the old sets with "granny" in it.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Town
Favorite Set(s):  Sail and Fly Marina, Enchanted Island, Robo Guardian.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the Palm Tree!... umm, how about Octan 
Guy?
Current LEGO Project: The New Legoforce (as opposed to the old one that 
i've been updating over the last eight years)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Put together ALL of the Islanders sets one 
night up till about 3 AM.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: role playing, writing stories, collecting and 
reading comic books (i'd like to have my own Legoforce comic book!) 




From: curtissa@ix.netcom.com(Aaron Curtiss )
Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:51:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name: Aaron Curtiss
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Los Angeles, CA
E-mail Address: curtissa@ix.netcom.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Journalist/University instructor
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, far too many to count
# of LEGO Pieces: No idea, far too many to count

First LEGO Set: A box of bricks circa 1972
Favorite Theme(s): Town, but dabble in all
Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The quarter-circle windows from
    Poolside Paradise
Current LEGO Project: Working on anachronistic time themes for the Time
    Cruisers to visit

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Featured on an E! television show about
    toys. My city takes up an entire room.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Urban planning, marathon running, good
    mystery novels.




From: rcbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Robert C. Barth)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 13:36:02 -0500
Organization: I-Sight Software
 
Name: Robert C. Barth 
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 10-11-74 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Uh, yeah. 
Location: New York City 
E-mail Address: rcbarth@pipeline.com 
Marital Status: Flatline (not married) 
Children: Zero 
Occupation: Computer Programmer 
On R.T.L. Since: ATL was the hip place to be 
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+ 
# of LEGO Pieces: Billionth and billionth :) 
 
First LEGO Set: Some set with mostly red pieces c.1978 
Favorite Theme(s): Town, town, and, uh, town. Boats and trains are good
too. 
Favorite Set(s): First LegoLand airport (c.1980's Yellow, white chopper,
etc.) 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I like them all the same 
Current LEGO Project: Convincing Lego to come out with better sets 
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None. 
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 'Putering, Hockey, things having to do with Star 
                            Wars, Cars, other stuff that I can't think of. 
 
TO++++ TR+++ BO++ BV- PA-- #+++++ S- LS+ Hal A++ YB74m 
-------------------- 
Robert C. Barth - Senior Programmer, Dow Jones & Co. 
E-Mail : rcbarth@pipeline.com 
WWW    : http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~rcbarth/home.htm 




From: bad36@aol.com (BAD36)
Date: 1 Jan 1996 14:09:06 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Brian Davis
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1978  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10  
Location:  Cypress, Texas
E-mail Address:  BAD36@aol.com
Marital Status:  Not Married
Children:  0
Occupation   Student:  
On R.T.L. Since:  October 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  47
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000

First LEGO Set:  Motorcycle Shop
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s):  Shuttle Launch Pad
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Jailbreak Joe
Current LEGO Project: A Town the size of a Ping Pong Table

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
computers, reading, and video games




From: jrose@eid.awinc.com (Jeff Rose)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:08:41 GMT
Organization: A & W Internet Inc.

Name: Jeff Rose
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Brooks, Alberta, Canada
E-mail Address:  jrose@eid.awinc.com
Marital Status:  Not Married
Children:  0
Occupation: Movie Theatre Manager
On R.T.L. Since:  September 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Lots
# of LEGO Pieces:  40,000+

First LEGO set:  Some old BASIC set...can't recall.
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s):  any Shuttle Set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Hmmm...
Current LEGO Project: Finding a way to build a Lego town in my apartment
                        and still live in here.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
        Assistant Builder on a football stadium which occupied 9 large grey
        base-plates.  Included a store, snack-bar, ticket stand and press-
        boxes (including those $1million suites).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
        Reading, and Movies

 Jeff Rose           jrose@eid.awinc.com
                    Oasis Theatre Manager
                   Brooks, Alberta, Canada




From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:29:41 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

Name:  Chris Shepherd
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  -12
Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 
E-mail Address:  shepherd@osu.edu
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None that I know of
Occupation:  Student, Mechanical Engineering
On R.T.L. Since:  94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~80
# of LEGO Pieces: 26431

First LEGO Set:  Some old basic set
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Train
Favorite Set(s):  All of them.  If I don't really like 'em, I don't buy 'em
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Judge Ito from Space shuttle
Current LEGO Project:  
1.  Flat car loader (Technic and Train)
2.  A robotic arm (Technic)
3.  Truss bridges (Technic and Train)
4.  A large Crane (about 6' tall, technic)
5.  Original buildings for the trains 
6.  Organizing 26000 pieces.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Lots and lots

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Juggling, programming, camping




From: B. Stowe
Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:08:08 GMT
Organization: Internet Nebraska

Name: 		Bryan Stowe
Gender:		Male
Year of Birth:	1967
Mental Age/ Status of inner child:  ??
Location:		Lincoln, Nebraska
E-Mail Address:	stowe@inetnebr.com
Marital Status:  	Married
Children:		1 boy age 5
Occupation:  	Nebraska State Law Enforcement Officer
On R.T.L. Since: 	Summer 1995

# of Sets in LEGO collection:     400+
# of LEGO Pieces:		Tens of Thousands

First LEGO Set: Unknown, inhereted LEGOs from extended family dating
 from late '50's:?
Favorite Theme (s):		Trains, town, Aquzone
Favorite Set(s): Blue coal car for train, Red trolley engine for train
 (european)
Favorite Piece(s):		Any thing train
Current LEGO Project: 14' x 18' Town in basement with seaport and
 working rail system.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Own all Train sets produced in the last
 five years including european ones, Own first twenty space
 sets produced.




From: Moo the Cow <sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:50:34 GMT
Organization: The Wardrobe Happy Cow Emporium.

Name: Keith Lucas ( "Moo the Cow", "SillyWiz" )
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 73
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 going on middle aged.
Location: Coventry, UK.
E-mail Address: sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk
Marital Status: single, but taking offers from attractive blondes..
Children: none.
Occupation: I get paid for programming trivia quiz machines. What I _do_
	is a difefrent matter.
On R.T.L. Since: it was A.T.L

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Dunno. Many. >100
# of LEGO Pieces: The Owner of the Great Toystore in the Sky alone
	knows. ( I have got a once complete catalogue somewhere, but it's
	~7 years out of date.

First LEGO Set: Number '3'.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate. But I could convert to Wild West...
Favorite Set(s): I think it's still the ambulance & helicopter ( No. 653 )
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 
Current LEGO Project: Building a complete civilisation using all the lego that
	came back with me from my parents last Thursday !! ( And all I can
	snag in the sales )

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building space-craft using 50x50 baseplates as
	the foundations.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Linux games programming. Sci-fi & fantasy
	wargaming, watching movies, a sci-fi film I'm writing ( at a rate
	that reminds observers of continental drift ).




From: wrzwicky@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (William Roger Zwicky)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 18:08:04 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Name:  Bill Zwicky
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  17
Location:  Champaign, IL
E-mail Address: wrzwicky@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student, programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~30
# of LEGO Pieces:  4000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  Some space set from 1979
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8880
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  All technic
Current LEGO Project:  8880 and variations

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None, really.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computering, biking

/ William R. Zwicky                      /
/ U of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana        /
/ wrzwicky@uiuc.edu                      /
/ http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky /
LEGO: TC+++(8880) SP++(497) CA+ PI+ #+ S+ LS++ Hsu A+ YB68m




From: Camiel Rouweler <c.b.rouweler@stud.tue.nl>
Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:23:03 GMT
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Name:          Camiel Rouweler
Gender:        male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  in LEGO age
Location:  the Netherlands
E-mail Address:  c.b.rouweler@stud.tue.nl
Marital Status:  not married ( I am open to your proposals :-) )
Children:  only the inner child
Occupation:  physics student
On R.T.L. Since:  september 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  180+
# of LEGO Pieces:  180*(avg(pieces in all my sets))

First LEGO Set: some BASIC set my babysitter used to teach me build
 windmills with
Favorite Theme(s):  SPACE and a little bit Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Starfleet Voyager, all classicest ships 
 (918,924/457?,928/497?)
                                          ^^^ violation of english
						 language intended
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  not very original: Blacktron I figure
 as a kid, however, I always pretended I was the red pilot of one of
 my twin LL918 ships.
Current LEGO Project:  wasting my time reading r.t.l.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I have a history of losing money on exchanging
 LEGO with fellow r.t.l.'ers (please do not feel guilty!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Badminton, science/phyics, beer?? (talk about a
                             meaningless life :-) )

LEGO: SP++++(928,6929) TO++ TC++ TR+ CA+ #++++ S++ LS--- Hap A++ YB73m




From: cynde callera <cyndecal@durand.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 13:02:25 -0800
Organization: durand communications network

Name: cynde callera
Gender: f
Year of Birth: 10/10/72
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 yr/old tomboy
Location: santa barbara, ca
E-mail Address: cyndecal@durand.com
Marital Status: domestic partner
Children: 0
Occupation: 3d graphics, digital imaging for mindwire
	    online systems/www authoring
On R.T.L. Since: 9/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13
# of LEGO Pieces: ?

First LEGO Set: small, red technic race car
Favorite Theme(s): technic, space
Favorite Set(s): all technic universals
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): unitron cyborg (silver shades)
Current LEGO Project: 4 speed transmission with reverse 
		      (with motor)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: taijiquan, ray-tracing and 
		 	    z-buffered 3d graphics, rats, 
			    industrial music, manga (esp. battle
			    angel), sci-fi movies/books (esp.
			    william gibson), magic the gathering 
		            & rpg if I have time (esp. cyberpunk
			    & advanced dungeons and dragons),
			    rifle and shotgun shooting (I have
			    a MAK90, 12gauge, and ruger10/22)
-- 
Cynde Callera			rattusKhroma
cyndecal@durand.com




From: Simon Jarvis <jarvis74@volvo.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 22:24:06 GMT
Organization: None

Name:	Simon Jarvis
Gender:	Male
Year of Birth:	1967 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 (or there abouts)
Location:  West London, England
E-mail Address: jarvis74@volvo.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  n/a
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Nope (well not that I know of :)
Occupation:  Senior Computer Engineer (LHR CUTE)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  12
# of LEGO Pieces:  Anyone want to count?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  8865
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  8880 Super Car, 5591 Red Bird
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Current LEGO Project:  Building all 12 sets so I can take photos
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  ??!??
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Home Cinema, Ham Radio

| Simon Jarvis - Depressed Computer Engineer & Lurker                        |




From: ward@math.psu.edu (Brian Ward)
Date: 4 Jan 1996 02:55:15 GMT
Organization: 999 and the Inverted Morons

Name: Brian Ward
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1972 (30.9)
Location: Graz, Austria; Vienna, Austria
E-mail Address: bri@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.math.psu.edu/ward/lego/
		       http://blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at/~ward/lego/
Occupation: professional time waster (grad student)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994
#of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~200
#of LEGO Pieces: ~22000
First LEGO Set: hand-me-down bricks
Favorite Theme(s): Bri's Really Busy Spaceport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 4x2 black/Custom Blacktron-I pilot
				    (IP-babe's scary twin sister)
Current LEGO Project: Big huge spaceport #2
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I am Vienna's LEGO-scouring machine
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, mountain climbing, design




From: dhiga@phakt.usc.edu (Darold Kenji Higa)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:39:28 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Name:  Mark "Emerson" Chadwick
Gender:  m
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  alive and well
Location:  Los Angeles (or did you mean my inner child? ;-)
E-mail Address:  emerson@apricot.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  No lego in it, but http://www.apricot.com/~emerson/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  only me
Occupation:  Network support for Infonet
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1991?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40-50 (w.a.g)
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea. lots, but not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

First LEGO Set:  Don't know, was back in '71
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  the ones with the coolest parts ;-)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Pneumatics
Current LEGO Project:  F-15 (approximately 4 feet long, at present)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Hm. A 747 I built back in 4th grade

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  There are others? Computers, electronics,
       Science-Fiction, biking, photography, blah blah blah

Posting from a friend's account, 
Mark "Emerson" Chadwick
emerson@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu   or   emerson@apricot.com




From: rkbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Richard K. Barth)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 22:43:52 -0500
Organization: The Pipeline
 
Name: Richard Barth  
Gender: M  
Year of Birth: 78  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17  
Location: Queens/NYC  
E-mail Address: rkbarth@pipeline.com 
LEGO/home page URL(s):   
Marital Status: Single  
Children: None  
Occupation: Stockperson/Student  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/95  
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~125  
# of LEGO Pieces: ?!  
# of LEGOfests Attended: None....LEGOfests?! 
 
First LEGO Set: Some family room  
Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE; CASTLE is KING  
Favorite Set(s): Town Wall Tavern  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): PEASANTS  
Current LEGO Project: Building trading docks behind one of my              
        castles  
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My growing and prosperous                     
        castle/town/village with many shops  
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aviation, Hockey, Greco-Roman Wrestling  
 
Richard K Barth 
rkbarth@pipeline.com




From: hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Colin 't Hart)
Date: 4 Jan 1996 14:46:30 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia

Name: Colin 't Hart
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: From 11-16 years :-)
Location: Perth, Western Australia
E-mail Address: hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): none :-(
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student; Computer Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: start of A.T.L. (when was that?)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 expert builder and a model team plus lots of
 other stuff
# of LEGO Pieces: Dunno. Too few.
# of LEGOfests Attended: What are they? Been to Legoland in Billund, Denmark;
 Been to 5 or 6
Lego World Shows in Perth.

First LEGO Set: Black Police Boat back in 1976.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains
Favorite Set(s): Auto Chassis # 2 (the Black one with the Red seats); the JCB
 Excavator (I want one still!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The 8 stud long axle (Technic) I never have
 enough of these!!
Current LEGO Project: Reading R.T.L.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won 5 (five) lego building competitions when I was
 a real child.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baroque music (play the Pipe Organ...); Stamp
 Collecting.




From: Russell Bornschlegel <kaleja@rahul.net>
Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:39:52 GMT
Organization: a2i network

Name: Russell Bornsch++
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 69
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: no comment
Location: Cupertino CA
E-mail Address: kaleja@rahul.net
Marital Status: separated
Children: none
Occupation: game programmer
On R.T.L. Since: 12/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 since rediscovery
# of LEGO Pieces: ~3500 since rediscovery

First LEGO Set: 8800 Super Car
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): 8800 Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pistons! fetish fetish
Current LEGO Project: motorized Technic tank 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My girlfriend and I built the
 Super Car in one night

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, stupid computer 
 games, electronic music (making and listening)




From: goran.strandh@mailbox.swipnet.se (Goran Strandh)
Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:57:10 GMT
Organization: GaMeS-Import

Name: Goran Strandh 
Gender: M 
Year of Birth: 1956 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Forever Young 
Location: Lund, Sweden 
E-mail Address: goran.strandh@mailbox.swipnet.se
LEGO/home page URL(s): none 
Marital Status: yes 
Children:  13, 10 and 3
Occupation: running around in circles and trying to coordinate my company 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Nov-95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: appr. 50
# of LEGO Pieces:  do not care to count them
# of LEGOfests Attended: You're kidding, in Sweden?

First LEGO Set: Way back in the 60's, some basic set 
Favorite Theme(s): Train, Castle, TRAIN, Aquazone, Train, Model Team and 
TRAIN
Favorite Set(s): Currently Freigh Rail Runner (4564) and Sea Claw 7 
(1822)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  BURP:s (just kidding) 
Current LEGO Project: Buy a new home so I can put my TRAIN up permanently 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None so far. 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wargaming (where did LEGO Wars go?), painting 
miniature figures, computers, gaiming ( not gambling), sleeping




From: sue@metropia.demon.co.uk (Sue Gregson)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 07:00:36 +0000
Organization: Home

Name: Sue Gregson 
Gender: Female 
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Depends : old enough to figure out the
                                             building instructions
Location:  Bradford, West Yorkshire UK
E-mail Address: sue@metropia.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  as married
Children:  Jessica (nearly 4)
Occupation:  System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1993

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  (entire household) 180+
# of LEGO Pieces:  too many to find the particular one you need !
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  My mum has the remnants of an ambulance and fire engine ?
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates, Space
Favorite Set(s):  The Pizza shop
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The little Pizzas/The chef 
Current LEGO Project: To be Pirate complete (I was 2 sets away from this 
                      until the '96 catalog appeared :( )

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Finding a stash of Jim Spaceborn comics.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Following Blackburn Rovers FC Champions of the
Premiership (UK Soccer), playing with Jessie.





From: beldandy@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Sonya Choi Lee)
Date: 5 Jan 1996 09:20:54 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley

Name:  Sonya Lee
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth: 1969 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  Bay area
E-mail Address:  beldandy@uclink.berkeley.edu
Marital Status:  not
Children:  none
Occupation:  law student
On R.T.L. Since:  Fall 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  A few thousand now.
# of LEGO Pieces:  I can't even begin to imagine now.  I'll try to count 
all the mini-figs I have over the break.  I'm guessing somewhere between 
2,000-3,000.

First LEGO Set:  Old town set.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, space, pirate, aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  Deep Freeze Defender, Imperial Trading Post, BK Castle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black  Classic Space with black visor

Current LEGO Project:  First I've got to organize my apartment / 
collection.  Then I have to finish constructing my Wolfpack castle.  Then 
I am going to be staging one of the biggest battles in Lego history.  
Still working out the details.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I can't imagine anyone who has accumulated 
as much Lego as me in such a short period of time. ;)   And the scary 
thing is that I'm now making some inroads into town. . .

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My anime, action figure, and comics
collections are as large as my Lego collection.  I like the Animaniacs,
the Simpsons, collecting Happy Meal toys, and eating out (though I'm 
learning how to cook right now).




From: jgowell@ren.us.itd.umich.edu (Jim Gowell)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:03:43 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan

Name:  James Gowell
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1971  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Active
Location:  Michigan
E-mail Address:  Jgowell@umich.edu
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None
Occupation:  Computer Consultant
On R.T.L. Since:  Lurked since late 93

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~30
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~too little interest to count

First LEGO Set:  
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, anticipating TimeLords
Favorite Set(s):    Dark Dragon Den
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Royal Knight King (nice sword)

Current LEGO Project:
Assimilate all blocks of all castle sets, everywhere, for all time.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
150+ "spacecraft" and "skimmers" from my brothers bag of lego blocks.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Erin, Computers, WWW page authoring,




From: Peri  Horowitz <ph77@columbia.edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:05:58 -0500
Organization: Columbia University
X-Sender: ph77@namaste.cc.columbia.edu
In-Reply-To: <4c80dp$lm@News1.mcs.net> 

Name: Peri Horowitz 
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth: 1976 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  
Location:  NYC
E-mail Address:   
Marital Status: s 
Children:  
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L. Since:  fall 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 700 
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?????????

First LEGO Set:  fire station (510?), basic set 113
Favorite Theme(s):  town
Favorite Set(s):  town stores, houses
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Current LEGO Project:  adding to my town which takes up an atic room

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 

Complaint: everything seems to be the same 2-3 themes. We need more of a 
typical town (stores, houses, churces, factories)




From: wilson@pangloss.ucsf.edu (Erik Wilson)
Date: 5 Jan 1996 10:55:20 -0800
Organization: The University of California, San Francisco

Name:  Erik Wilson
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1955 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I seem to be stuck at an awkward 14 
Location:  San Francisco, California (new location from last year)
E-mail Address:  wilson@pangloss.ucsf.edu (also new)
Marital Status:  married to Terra who also enjoys LEGO
Children:  none as yet
Occupation:  biochemist
On R.T.L. Since:  1993 (as alt.toys.lego)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: many 
# of LEGO Pieces:  many times many

First LEGO Set:  (divided into periods)
First LEGO period - ESSO gas station (~1960)
Second LEGO period - 8042 (blue technic universal pneumatic) and
		     8074 (yellow technic universal flex system)
Favorite Theme(s):  space, technic
Favorite Set(s):  Technic whirlwind rescue helicopter
		  Space Star Hawk II
		  (1993 & 1994 Christmas presents from my wife
		  so I am biased)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Arachnoid alien design (not really a
	minifigure but it is minifigure scale)
Current LEGO Project:  *Large* lego space station (redesigned yet again)
		       LEGO Parthenon (partially completed)
		       Christmas monorail with "Santa Kong" atop
			   Empire State Building

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 
1) Auctioneer for lego1 auction and lego2 auction (with John Marlin
   and Rolf Wilson)
2) Author of a *long* (and ocasionally humorous) Lego Space History 
   (you may email me for details)
3) With Andy Foland conducted a 400 minifigure recreation of the battle
   of Waterloo using Red Imperial Guards and Blue Soldiers

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
Board games, Ultimate Frisbee, Computers (maybe this is a given?),
Hiking, Science Fiction, Immunology, History, Astronomy and other
things too numerous to mention.  Actually the world is really a 
pretty interesting place.





From: bandy@sheepdog.cinnamon.com (Andy Beals)
Date: 6 Jan 1996 13:29:43 -0800
Organization: The Willow Glen Fertility Farm

Name:  Andy Beals	
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  
Location:  South Bay, SF Bay Area
E-mail Address:  bandy@cinnamon.com
Marital Status:  married
Children:  one
Occupation:  computer programmer
On R.T.L. Since:  inception if not constantly

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  uncounted
# of LEGO Pieces:  nearly uncountable

First LEGO Set:  590?  The brickyard
Favorite Theme(s):  train/space ICE PLANET 2002!!!  Space Police
Favorite Set(s):  metroliner/space police mothership
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  tinted octagonal windows
Current LEGO Project:  make passenger cars

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  voted for the group

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  programming, playing "blow 'em ups",
airplane spotting [no logbook or photographs though], DUPLO
[mis-cegnating minifigures], TOOLO [funky cranes],
motorcycling, target shooting, plinking, ROLLER HOCKEY!!!!!, skating




From: jgrazado@connix.com (Jason Grazado)
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 21:10:16 -0500
Organization: Connix - The Connecticut Internet Exchange

Name: Jason Joseph Grazado
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1/11/68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 or so
Location: Norwalk, Connecticut
E-mail Address: jgrazado@connix.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.connix.com/~jgrazado
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 2
Occupation: Evaluating desktop technologies for potential deployment in company
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50
# of LEGO Pieces: ~15,000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: Unknown, have some 'Shell Gas Station' pieces from the mid-70's
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): Airport Monorail
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any piece that has a secret way of
joining it to other pieces
Current LEGO Project: Building City (New Amsterdam) with kids, web page

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nice 3D rendering of Towtruck from #6562

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Juggling, Alternative Music - see
 my page

| jgrazado@connix.com  |
| jgrazado@aol.com     |
| jgrazado@eworld.com  |
| jgrazado@gartner.com |




From: srojo@best.com (Steven Rojo)
Date: 7 Jan 1996 03:52:39 GMT
Organization: Your Organization

Name:  Steven Rojo
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  it varies
Location:  Sunnyvale, CA. USA
E-mail Address: srojo@best.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single
Children:  0 kids, 1 cat
Occupation:  network adminstrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  fall '94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~140
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~24000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  After Lego Dark Ages : Solar Snooper
Favorite Theme(s):  Town/Pirate
Favorite Set(s):  Metro Liner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  mine
Current LEGO Project:  Building a train tunnel.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, sci-fi, guns, women




From: paul@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Paul Vargo)
Date: 7 Jan 1996 20:18:29 -0500
Organization: University of Michigan Computing Club (UMCC)

Name:  Paul J. Vargo, II
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Lansing, Michigan
E-mail Address:  paul@umcc.umich.edu 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  under construction
Marital Status:  married  
Children:  1 all black cat
Occupation:  unemployeed, will graduate w/a BS in CS May 96
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  summer of 94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~135
# of LEGO Pieces:  unknown, not enough time on my hands!
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  770 Rescue Set 
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Space, Town, and Aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  565 Moon Landing
Favorite Piece/Minifigure:  Skully and GreenBrown Forestman
Current LEGO Project:  Making a Lego phone

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading DragonLance Novels, Nightmare B4XMAS
			     toy collecting, Brewing my own Beer

LEGO: FS TO+(565) BV-- SP-(483) CA+++(6077) PI+ AQ+ #115
      S- Ls-->++ H!? M+ A+ YB69m




From: sgibson260@aol.com (SGibson260)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 02:12:05 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Stephen Gibson  
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1968  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12/amazed he has access to the credit
cards! 
Location:  Fairfax, VA
E-mail Address:  SGibson260@aol.com
Marital Status:  married 4 years
Children:  Nicole(9 yrs), Kathleen (21 months), Christopher (4 weeks)
Occupation:  Cartographer (map-maker) for Federal Govt
On R.T.L. Since:  mid 1994 (mainly lurking)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  400 (a lot of polybags-need more Crusaders
and Black Knights!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  40,000?  

First LEGO Set:  loose bricks as a kid, Dragon Wagon as a grown-up  
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, with strong interest in Pirates  
Favorite Set(s):  6090 Royal Knights Castle, 1491 Dual Defender, 6009
Black Knight, 1463 Treasure Cart, 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Crusader minifigs, Castle breastplates,
French Imperial soldiers
Current LEGO Project:  Making rules for Lego Castle Wars with my nine year
old helping me.  Plus, work on the never-completed "Castle of the Dreaded
Moors"

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Last week (1/3/96), got a 6285 Black Seas
Barracuda at the Service Merchandise for $30.00!!!!!!  Showed the manager
that the hull pieces were missing, and he marked it way down.  Then Lego
Customer Service didn't even charge me to get replacement hull pieces!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: scifi reading, miniatures wargaming, history,
politics, and my wonderful family, who make everything worthwhile!  




From: dehliatoo@aol.com (DehliaToo)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:31:33 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com

Name:  Deborah Lipp
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  61
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Congers, NY
E-mail Address:  DehliaToo@aol.com
Marital Status:  married
Children:  a 5 year old boy with ADHD who you'd swear was 3 kids based on
he sound effects.
Occupation: Technical Writer/DTP  
On R.T.L. Since:  a few weeks (hi everyone)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  I dunno....75-100? Not counting my son's
sets.
# of LEGO Pieces:  please don't make me count.

First LEGO Set:  Some basic building sets from 1973
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Model Team, Town
Favorite Set(s): My new Model Team sets -- Blue Fury & Sea Jet. We just
moved, so I can't find my catalog of all my lego sets, with all the
instructions they all came with (I have lego-specific OCD), but there were
these GREAT Blacktron sets. One in particular was a ground-based "walker"
with a satellite dish on the back. Also the Deep Freeze Defender was
fairly awesome. 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I like the really girly girls -- with
the lipstick and eyelashes. I buy small Paradisa sets to get them, then
put the heads onto space minifigures so I can have female space people.
Current LEGO Project:  Building the alternate Blue Fury model.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Some faves -- a 1/3 scale fire hydrant and
slippery when wet street sign; a goddess statue in all white legos, a
crescent moon statue, also all white; a valentine with an arrow thru it (I
used a red 2x1 brick with a hole in the middle and a technic rod for the
arrow) for my husband; Big Bird -- a really great replica including the
pink eyelids which I had to buy a Paradisa set for.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Wicca, alt.polyamory, number puzzles,
getting the world's fastest score on Minesweeper.





From: weswinkler@aol.com (WesWinkler)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:17:32 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Wes Winkler
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14-16
Location:  Seattle, WA
E-mail Address:   WesWinkler@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  married, quite happily!
Children:  2 daughters, and 2 dogs
Occupation:  Currently "between positions."  Was employed as
    a sales engineer for companies that provide control 
    systems and engineering software to electric utilities.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Fall, '95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  292
# of LEGO Pieces:  21,145  more or less  :)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none

First LEGO Set:  Way, WAY back in the 50s, I had a set with
    fragile red bricks with a building brick design on the
    side and long white beams, 2 dots wide.  Modern sets that 
    rekindled my interest were the McDonald's sets from 1990.
Favorite Theme(s):  town, Technique Rally cars.
Favorite Set(s):  Blacktron Renegade, 6954
  
Current LEGO Project:  auctioning off Lego sets to reduce
    storage requirements and to supplement income!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Mystery and science fiction novels,
     bicycle touring, enjoying my two daughters as the grow up
     all too quickly, tinkering with PC software.




From: Trust No One <doc@htdc.org>
Date: 8 Jan 1996 19:58:12 GMT
Organization: Lego Addicts Anonymous

Name:  Matt Dicksion
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15 (it's been 15 for as long as I can
remember)
Location:  Hawaii
E-mail Address:  doc@mana.htdc.org
Marital Status:  lonely
Children:  Children?  Children would steal my lego!
Occupation:  software engineer/grad student
On R.T.L. Since:  last spring

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  50?  60?  I don't know.
# of LEGO Pieces:  10-12 cubic feet

First LEGO Set:  Plastic bag from garage sale ~1977
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquanauts (NOT Aquasharks)
Favorite Set(s):  #497 Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Redcoat admiral from Imperial Flagship
Current LEGO Project:  Combining pirates, islanders, and aquanauts into
one huge diorama

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  A huge spaceport consisting entirely of
original Space sets

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Martial arts, volleyball, paintball,
x-files, 9-ball, Java, Pepsi, cats, astronomy, world conquest and domination




From: Saz Dalrymple <SAZ@jdal.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 17:59:56 +0000
Organization: None

Name:  Sarah Ann Dalrymple
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1981
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Newcastle, UK
E-mail Address:  saz@jdal.demon.co.uk
Marital Status:  um
Children:  um
Occupation: I have a paper round  
On R.T.L. Since:  cant remember, poss november 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  20
# of LEGO Pieces:  hundreds

First LEGO Set:  a duplo train set
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s):  black knights castle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  black knight
Current LEGO Project:  building a replica of Newcastle city castle. Currently 
run out of pieces.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  coming third in the regional lego 
 competion (age group 10 - 13)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
School, partying, Rock climbing

*    Sarah Dalrymple, SazUK, saz@jdal.demon.co.uk	   *
*	  http://www.wonderland.org/~sarah/		   *




From: crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey T. Crites)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 23:58:47 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

Name:  Jeffrey (Jeff) T. Crites 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About how old I am now... 
Location:  West Lafayette, Indiana; Purdue University 
   Soon to be Indianapolis, Indiana - or some other location.
E-mail Address:  crites@cc.purdue.edu 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.mdn.com/crites/ 
Marital Status:  Engaged to be married - Date:  4 July, 1997. 
Children:  N/A. 
Occupation:  Sys. Op. / (soon) Technical Sales Engr. 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Creation. 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Very Large. (?) 
# of LEGO Pieces:  Impossible to say. (Anyone want to count them?) 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (The only one so far.) 
     (With a goal to attend them all)

First LEGO Set:  The Yellow Castle (of course, when I was very young). 
Favorite Theme(s): (1)Castle (2)Aquazone (3)Pirate (soon)Wild West, etc. 
Favorite Set(s):  Castle sets #375 and # The Red Walled Castle from 70's. 
Favorite Piece/Minifigure:  Forestmen
Current LEGO Project:  (1) Just finished The 55 Gallon Aquazone Fish Tank. 
   (2) Starting to catalog TECHNIC sets for sales.  (3) Interactive LEGO web
   site.  (4) Bulk Piece Purchasing at good prices...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Jeff's LEGO Listings, Article about me (and
   some others on RTL) in the LEGO Review.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Internet, Reading, Hiking to Castles around
   the world, & People...

 __<>__                      crites@cc.purdue.edu                     __<>__  
(______)    http://www.mdn.com/crites ---> "JEFF'S LEGO HOMEPAGE"    (______)  
 |    |_______________________________________________________________|    | 
 | // |                                                               | // | 
 |    |      "Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."       |    |
 | // |                 Edward Young / Night Thoughts                 | // |
 |    |        "Particularly they who do not build with LEGO."        |    | 
 | // |               Jeff Crites / Synopsis of Oneself               | // |
 |    |_______________________________________________________________|    | 
 |____|                                                               |____| 
(__  __)   LEGO: CA++++c(15,16,375,1592,6075) MOC+++ PI,TR++(6285)   (__  __)  
   <>    TC,AQ,DU,SP+(6987) BV- #+++++ S+ LS++ H!? M+(x2) A+++ YB68m    <>




From: jonp@earthlink.net (Jon Paynter)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 07:08:28 GMT
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.

Name:  Jon Paynter
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  depends
Location:  Orange CO CA
E-mail Address: jonp@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  box turtle
Occupation:  Tech-Support 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Nov 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unsure --coming out of dark ages
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000(?)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

First LEGO Set:  Some early 70's universal set
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Space
Favorite Set(s):  6075 Castle, & that old rocket launching center space set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Red space minifig holding a black wrench
Current LEGO Project:  Raytracing my old creations in POVRay

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I'm still working on this one

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Descent, reading, hiking, camping

  jonp@earthlink.net
  jon@halcyon.com
  102605.1100@compuserve.com





From: Surfchick <surfchick@asb.com>
Date: 2 Jan 1996 20:10:06 GMT
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory

Name:  Andrea Graham
Gender:  female
Year of Birth:  1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location:  Shoreham Long Island
E-mail Address:  Surfchick@asb.com
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  life gaurd
On R.T.L. Since:  may 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  60+
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?

First LEGO Set:  fabuland
Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone
Favorite Set (s):  enchanted island
Favorite Piece (s) my lego dolphin and surfpunk lego figs:)
Current LEGO Project: Tropical Island, Beach, lagoon, lots of tiki
statues everywhere

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  surfing, womens lacross, I like bob marley
and Jimi hendrix music. Im in a band called "wahine", watching ER, 
marine mammals




From: phs2jw@surrey.ac.uk (Mr Justin J Watkins)
Date: 9 Jan 1996 16:04:02 GMT
Organization: University of Surrey, UK

Name:           Justin Watkins 
Gender:         MALE 
Year of Birth:  1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Somewhere between 11 and 18 
Location:       Guildford, Surrey, England UK 
E-mail Address:        j.watkins@surrey.ac.uk (really hard to remember)
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://phoenix.bath.ac.uk/~justinw/ 
Marital Status: Married (18 months) 
Children:       0 kids, 2 cuddlies 
Occupation:     Research Officer, Physics, Surrey University 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Autumn 1993 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots 
# of LEGO Pieces:             About 22 litres
# of LEGOfests Attended:      0

First LEGO Set:       (you'd better ask my dad) 
Favorite Theme(s):    Castle/Technic 
Favorite Set(s):      My castle 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Merlin the Wizard and the glow-in-the dark
 ghost 
Current LEGO Project: Crane similar to 8460 without the instructions. 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Member of Lego club about 10 years ago.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games, graphics

Religion: born-again christian

Justin Watkins, Dept of Physics                 j .watkins@surrey.ac.uk
University of Surrey, Guildford                            01483 259329 
GU2 5XH, England                    http://phoenix.bath.ac.uk/~justinw/




From: jlf10@75613.1304 (James Farmer)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 15:49:34 GMT
Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net

Name: James Farmer
Gender: M
Year of Birth:  68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11
Location: Tallahassee, FL
E-mail Address: 75643.1304@compu$erve.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):   http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/branwen
Marital Status: Married(she loves lego's too)
Children: None
Occupation: Environmental Tech/Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/94 (lurker)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20+
# of LEGO Pieces: ?!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None

First LEGO Set: ?
Favorite Theme(s): Launch Command/Pirates/Islanders
Favorite Set(s): Shuttle(s)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Current LEGO Project: Couple a' Aquanauts

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The amount of freaking money I've spent

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  homebrewing, comics, other assorted omnipotent
 hobbies

75613.1304@compuserve.com
jlf10@freenet.scri.fsu.edu




From: usda@aztec.co.za (Unix Software Design Usda Automation)
Date: 9 Jan 1996 14:07:49 GMT
Organization: Aztec Public Access Internet

Name:  Francois du Plessis.
Gender:  M.
Year of Birth:  1971.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  About 9 and 3/4.
Location:  Johannesburg, sunny SA.
E-mail Address:  usda@aztec.co.za
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None.
Marital Status:  Single.
Children:  None.
Occupation:  Programmer in C and COBOL.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Lurking since Sep '95.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  +/- 20
# of LEGO Pieces:  Dunno
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  TOWN Fire chopper (1983).
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space (just after helmet revamp), Blacktron
Aquazone, Pirates, Castle.
Favorite Set(s):  A little Blacktron car with the minifig using a jet 
backpack. (Don't know the no. I throw away the instructions after I
complete a set).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Lazer Saw (IP), Skeleton, Paradisa 
lipstick mini-fig heads.
Current LEGO Project:  Collecting said mini-fig heads to equip some of
my other sets with female heads. Anybody need some Paradisa parts for
free.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Having at least one set of Space from
Classic to before Spyrius and S Police 2. Not much of a claim since
most now also have other heads than the smileys. Some of the sets
have been enhanced ever so slightly in the armament department as 
well.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  PC, PC, PC, Tolkien lead figurines,
Comics, PC, PC, PC.




From: welfen@sentex.net
Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:54:43 GMT
Organization: Sentex Communications Corporation.

Name:  Ross Ireland
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  21 
Location:  Guelph Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: welfen@sentex.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single, sorta
Children:  0 kids, 1 cat
Occupation:  internet consultant, web designer, HTML editor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  fall '94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown  
# of LEGO Pieces:  right now, about 50. My dad went and sold 2-3000 of my 
bricks for 9 dollars at a garage sale when I went to school
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  After Lego Dark Ages : Name Unknown , first generation 
space ship
Favorite Theme(s):  space/aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  Names Unknowk, that cool yellow aquazone submarine
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  transparent stuff esp. domes/ original 
black or blue spacemen
Current LEGO Project:  Rebuilding collection, re-working Legowars to the 
tastes of me and my friends

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Had a small legion of 150ish spacemen

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Internet, Star Trek, Coca-Cola

http://www.sentex.net/~welfen/slinger.html




From: cdrebert@u.washington.edu (Carolyn Drebert)
Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:58:06 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-User: cdrebert

Name:  Carolyn Drebert
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Renton, Washington (20 min S of Seattle)
E-mail Address:  cdrebert@u.washington.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  3 (5+ grandchildren)
Occupation:  Materiel Management UofW
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Sept 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40-50
# of LEGO Pieces:  5000-10000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  Dalmation/Fire Engine Basic Set for Grandson
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Train
Favorite Set(s): Metroliner, Gas Station
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Metroliner  
Current LEGO Project:  Building my "Estate" (includes a horse-race track,
   very large house, beach house and boat dock)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Possibly oldest person on RTL
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Sega, Grandkids, oh, and my husband who doesn't
   mind my obsession with Lego.




From: cgunders@uci.edu (Cardozo Andrews)
Followup-To: rec.toys.lego
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 17:13:47 -0600
Organization: University of California, Irvine

Name:  Connie Gunderson
Gender:  F
Year of Birth: 1967 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 
Location:  Orange County, California 
E-mail Address:  cgunders@uci.edu
Marital Status:  married
Children:  none as yet
Occupation:  retail buyer/law student
On R.T.L. Since:  1993 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 75
# of LEGO Pieces: 

First LEGO Set: that blue Lunar Lander (~1978?)
First LEGO period - mid to late '70s
Second LEGO period - 1994 to present
Favorite Theme(s):  Town/Train
Favorite Set(s):  MetroLiner/Supercar
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 
Current LEGO Project:  Just finished the Supercar that Santa brought

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none.
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
reading, skiing, movies, t.v., computer games, sleeping in.




From: ilaine@panix.com (Liz Stokes)
Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:44:33 -0500
Organization: Panix

Name: Liz Stokes
Gender: female
Year of Birth: '68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alive and well
Location: NYC
E-mail Address:  ilaine@panix.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): 
Marital Status: single
Children:  none
Occupation: programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: around occasionally since summer 94.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 8
note that this is the second collection. Don't ask me what happened
to the boxes and boxes I had as a child. *snif*

# of LEGO Pieces: lots. Several of those 8 kits are large.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  LEGOfests ?!?

First LEGO Set: largish Universal set from early 70's
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic Crane, Monorail
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: 
Current LEGO Project:  Dream projects rather than current, are a carousel,
(I need lots more pieces though) and a spinning wheel. 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I taught myself to spin on a LEGO drop
spindle. Trivial to build, but points for originality of use :-)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 
spinning, weaving, lacemaking, cooking, brewing (see a theme here yet?)
-- 
Liz Stokes         | 		Hey! Where am I going? 
Ilaine de Cameron  |    And what am I doing in this handbasket?	
                   |    
ilaine@panix.com   |          http://www.panix.com/~ilaine/




From: niceguy@bitstream.net (niceguy)
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 21:08:42 -0600
Organization: Bitstream Underground

Name:  John Gerlach  
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1962  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 
Location:  Minneapolis, Minnesota
E-mail Address:  niceguy@bitstream.net
Marital Status:  single, unattached, uncommitted
Children:  1 cat, Tasha
Occupation:  "Computer Geek"
On R.T.L. Since:  November 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  somewhere over 250
# of LEGO Pieces:  "Too many.  Not enough."  

First LEGO Set:  Don't remember - I was 3!  
Favorite Theme(s):  Train, Technic, Castle, Pirates.  
Favorite Set(s):  Too tough to call, lately the "Freight Rail Runner"
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Technic transmission from the Super Car
Current LEGO Project:  Creating new train engines and cars
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Sorry, I can't say...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Music, golf, gardening, cooking.




From: "Z C. Johnson" <zjohnson@cris.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 09:42:32 -0700
Organization: Lockheed Martin

Name:  ZC Johnson
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  27 (what, all 27 year olds don't play
with Legos?)
Location:  Denver, CO
E-mail Address:  zjohnson@cris.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  home page: http://www.cris.com/~zjohnson
Marital Status:  single
Children:  3 cats, Christian, Monkey, and Europa
Occupation:  software engineer
On R.T.L Since:  fall, 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~150
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  aside from basic blocks, 780 Road Construction Set from
1975
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Pirate, Technic, Castle, ...
Favorite Set(s):  6941 Battrax, 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner, 8880 Super
Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I don't know about me, buy my cats'
favorite piece is the bush from the Islanders.

Current LEGO Project:  Building display stands for my Legos.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  working on web pages, Shakespeare, Tom
Clancy novels




From: r-c_lg@ix.netcom.com(Robert LeGrand )
Date: 10 Jan 1996 03:51:00 GMT
Organization: Netcom
X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 09  7:51:00 PM PST 1996

Name:  Rob LeGrand
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Madison, WI
E-mail Address:  r-c_lg@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  married  
Children:  2 and 3/4
Occupation:  Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Early 94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  @15
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?????
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  a standard bricks for house, etc.
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  LEGO car (full size - 8 cylinder)
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: shock absorber 
Current LEGO Project:  A Limo (with suspension!)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  working manual transmission

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading, Computers, RC (cars)




From: kitten@PEAK.ORG (Jodi L. Pilcher)
Date: 10 Jan 1996 06:34:11 -0800
Organization: KallistiMUD - telnet mud.peak.org 4000

Name:  Jodi Pilcher
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies 
Location:  Atlanta, Georgia
E-mail Address: kitten@peak.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.peak.org/~kitten 
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  not yet :)
Occupation:  Nanny (2 children: Memphis (3yrs9mo) and Sammy (2yrs2mo)
   They're addicted to Duplo :)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  The beginning of RTL
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Lots and lots and lots
# of LEGO Pieces:  no clue
# of LEGOfests Attended: none officially, had two RTL people come to my
   wedding, had a couple others come to our house to play with and drool
   over our lego.
First LEGO Set: a small paradisa set, cant remember which one!
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate, Paradisa, Town 
Favorite Set(s):   Rolling acres ranch, imperial trading post
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Princess, forest maiden, peasants, merchant
   captain, forestmen in general.
Current LEGO Project:  Boxing up our lego, a little at a time so that
   we'll have less to do when we move in a few months. have done most
   of paradisa and town, still need to do pirate, castle, mtron, etc 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Cleaning Atlanta out of older sets.. paying
   for our wedding with a lego auction!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading, board games, administrating 
   KallistiMUD, music boxes (there's another collection I've been busy
   boxing up!), dragons, wizards, castles, travel, "Civilization",
   cats, children, spending time with my husband, shopping.. and he's
   currently working on getting me interested in Bloodbowl.




From: rrg@cco.caltech.edu (Roy Gal)
Date: 10 Jan 1996 18:27:34 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Name:  Roy Gal
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location: California Institute (of Technology)
E-mail Address:  rrg@astro.caltech.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://astro.caltech.edu/~rrg/lego.html
Marital Status:  single
Children:  1 cat
Occupation:  Astronomer (working on Ph.D.)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Early 94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~150
# of LEGO Pieces:  A whole lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: 402 Universal Set
Favorite Theme(s):  Town,Castle,Pirate
Favorite Set(s):  560 Town House
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Jailbreak Joe  
Current LEGO Project:  Adding levels to Lego town and getting train up to them

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Model kits (military aircraft),Mac




From: Will Chapman <willc@halcyon.com>
Organization: The Boeing Company
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:06:13 GMT

Name  	  :  Will Chapman
Gender	  :  M
Birth Year: '68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My 2.5 year old and I are playmates!
Location:  Sumner, WA (30 miles S of Seattle)
E-mail Address:  willc@halcyon.com
Lego Homepage URL:  http://www.halcyon.com/willc/lego.htm

Marital status: Married
Children      : 2 (Jake 3, Connor 1.5)
Occupation    : Access DB Programmer / WWW CGI Developer

On R.T.L. Since   : October 1995
# of sets         : A little over quite a few.
# of LEGO pieces  : Thousands all over the house (My kids like them too!)
Favorite theme(s) : Train Train Train! (Airport Shuttle Monorail included)
Favorite set(s)   : Freight Rail Runner & MetroStation
Current project(s): ACQUIRING A CLUB CAR (or 3)! WILL ANYONE SELL ANY?!?!
		Figuring out how to lay out my expanded Monorail track..
                Lego Steam Engine (http://www.halcyon.com/willc/steamloc.htm)
		3D animated Lego movie

Greatest claim to LEGO fame: A Hands-on Lego Railroad for Kids in the Pacific
 NW!
Other (non-LEGO) interests:  Computer Animation, Volleyball, 




From: reimjack@wirehub.nl (Jackelin Rademakers & Reimer Mud)
Organization: WireHub Internet (info@wirehub.nl)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:18:43 GMT

Name: Reimer Mud
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: From 9-16 years :-)
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail Address: reimjack@wirehub.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s): none :-(
Marital Status: Living together with girlfriend and two cats
Children: None       ( i want to play with the lego :p ) 
Occupation: Service & support engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: newbie

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 give or take a few 
# of LEGO Pieces: Dunno. not enough, i want more.....
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
 
First LEGO Set: i remember getting a train for chrismas when i was
three feet tall
Favorite Theme(s): Minifig's, Technic, Trains
Favorite Set(s): 8868,6541,6285,4563
Favorite Piece(s) all

Current LEGO Project: just finished 6340 and Reading R.T.L.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Girlfriend, (had to write this down under
force :-) ) Building plastic scale models, video's of blackadder and
fawlty towers




From: sjdavanz@ix.netcom.com (Steven J Davanzo)
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:33:39 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name:  Steven J Davanzo
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  July 19 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Immature and happy
Location:  Detroit, Michigan
E-mail Address: sjdavanz@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not applicable
Marital Status:   Single (Soon to be engaged)
Children:  None 
Occupation:  Student (One More Term!)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  9/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  lots, been assimilating since an early
age
# of LEGO Pieces:  Easily near 10K+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: Very old police starion, no minfigs, just basic
pieces. 
Favorite Theme(s):  Castles/Pirates/some Space/starting Race (cars)
Favorite Set(s):  Skull Eye Schooner, Imperial Trading Post.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Trader from Imperial Trading Post.  
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to connect drawbridge and RK Castle into
one structure

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Convinced father to buy me yellow brick
castle in Ireland on a business trip before castle sets were availble
in the U.S.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, MtG (Aiee! two money sucking
hobbies!,  Sony Playstation, Hockey, Finishing my M.B.A. and getting a
job.




From: CHE4SPW@leeds.ac.uk (S.P. Woo)
Organization: Young, Single & Happy
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:05:21 +0000 (GMT)

Name: Simon Woo
Gender:  M.
Year of Birth:  1975.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Greater than what I would 
like it to be/ Struggling to come out :)
Location:  Leeds, UK or BSB, Brunei depending on how you look 
at it!
E-mail Address:  
che4spw@ecu-01.leeds.ac.uk
che4spw@sun.leeds.ac.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None.
Marital Status:  Single.
Children:  Me.
Occupation:  Student.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Lurking since Sep '95.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  175
# of LEGO Pieces:  Lets see 175x100+lots=lots
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  TOWN (1981).
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space, Castle (Crusaders).
Favorite Set(s):  See sig!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Magnets :)/White Classic 
Space minifig
Current LEGO Project: Devising a cheap way of sending the 
large Unitron Monorail 8000miles.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I have all SEAn Catalogues from 
84--present
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Swimming, Trekking (not the Star 
type, but the *real* walking type), Shopping (especially for 
LEGOs), Comics (Wildstorm)

E-mail:che4spw@ecu-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk
       che4spw@sun.leeds.ac.uk

LEGO: SP++++(6825,6970), AQ+++(6175) ,CA+++(6076), TC++(850), PI+, TO-/++, PA-
 M+ S+ LS A+ H!? YB75M




From: bsk123@centcon.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:31:16 GMT
Organization: BrainTree Ltd.

Name:  Bernard Schmidt
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  varies
Location:  Los Angeles, California
E-mail Address:  bsk123@centcon.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  non-Lego Homepage:
http://www.centcon.com/~bsk123
Marital Status:  married  
Children:  1 daughter who just turned 4 
Occupation:  selfemployed
Estate management, Electronics

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1995 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 and buying 
# of LEGO Pieces: ~6000 
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

First LEGO Set:  some basic set back in 1963
I had not played with Lego since 1972, but when we bought the first
set for our daughter last year and I discovered the Technic 
Series, I just couldn't resist.
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Trains 
Favorite Set(s): lots of them 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic parts,
construction equipment
 
Current LEGO Project:  
- Caterpillar D-10 Dozer with wireless RC
- helping my wife build a Lego town 
- trying to persuade my parents in europe to ship me what is
  left of my childhood Lego collection  :-)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Treasure hunting - 
Ham radio - Guns - Computers  




From: cwi2r@sunipc-4.unixlab.Virginia.EDU (Santa Claus)
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:45:55 GMT

Name:  Chris Ingram
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 13
Location:  Charlottesville, VA
E-mail Address:  cwi2r@virginia.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.phys.virginia.edu/~cwi2r
Marital Status:  Happily Married
Children:  2 cats :)
Occupation:  Physics graduate student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  sometime in October 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  probably about 80 or so
# of LEGO Pieces:  eek, who knows?
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

First LEGO Set:  not sure, but I know I have some really OLD sets,
 including some of the pre-minifig people with featureless faces,
 and 1 or 2 of the giant people with articulated arms. I also seem
 to have a lot of car grilles with headlights painted on.

Favorite Theme(s):  Space! Space!! SPACE!!!

Favorite Set(s):  the old Space sets...Galaxy Explorer and the
 Mobile Lab in particular.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  a toss-up between the Spyrius
 hoodlum guy who came with my Saucer Scout, and the HUGE wheels
 from my old Expert Builder Auto Chassis.

Current LEGO Project:  A dropship to go with the troop carrier I
 have built - styled after the one in _Aliens_.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  don't know if I have one...but
 does anyone remember the following?
 *The LEGO Storage Bag - a big circular piece of denim with a 
  drawstring so it can be pulled up into a bag.
 *The very first version of the Space Command Center - it did NOT
  have a cratered baseplate, but a flat one with some pieces (curved
  and sloped) that you could make craters from.  I believe this was
  the version I had, but I have lost the instructions & box long
  ago.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Games of all types, particularly board
 and RPGs (and even Magic), Science Fiction, space exploration,
 Doom, and that physics stuff that I try to do for a living.




From: eileenk@cv.hp.com (Eileen Keeney)
Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:48:24 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Corvallis Site

Name: Eileen Keeney 
Gender: female
Year of Birth: 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: such an age is not measurable, but I 
  would guess the status is present but it doesn't stay "inner" to often.
Location: Corvallis Oregon USA planet Earth 
E-mail Address: eileenk@peak.org 
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.peak.org/~eileenk/mylego.html 
Marital Status: single  
Children: none of my own
Occupation:  computer programmer/business analyst  
On R.T.L  Since: 1992

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: hundreds 
# of LEGO Pieces:  thousands (and I really will not count them, but I'm
    thinking it is about 40 gallons ) 
# of LEGOfests Attended: none "official", however I had my own with my
    nieces and nephews this Thanksgiving.   

First LEGO Set: Some basic set in mostly red and white that had doors,
 windows, wheels and basic bricks. 

Favorite Theme(s): Belville, Technic and trains mixed with lots of 
   basic bricks and plates.

Favorite Set(s):   Technic Control Center II (although I don't own it yet)
  Load'n'haul railroad, basic brick assesory pack  and 
  the Belville set with the puppies. 

Favorite Piece(s) Belville girl with blond hair and pink shirt although
 without the following, I would not have much fun with the little girl piece:  
 Basic Bricks and plates. 
 technic beams, gears,  pins and motors; 
 train track w engine base and power unit, 

Current LEGO Project: 
  Still working on my Roller Coaster which I dissasembled in November and only
  recently started working on again. (A few pictures of sections of it, that
  I took in November are on my web LEGO page).  
 
  Santa's Workshop (which was supposed to be done by Christmas, but still needs
  a stable and loading dock).

  Never Never Land, which I started in November by hanging my Peter Pan and
  Wendy dolls so they were flying over my LEGO ocean which had mostly
  Pirate ships at the time.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I have no claim to fame at all. 
  But the coolest thing I ever built was a working carousel (
  (a picture of this can be found on my web LEGO page)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
  Dolls (playing with and some collecting)




From: gunter@htlsun1.kfk.de
Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:39:32 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Reply-To: Frank.Niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de

Name:  Frank Niemeyer
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail Address: frank.niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Soon to come at 
     http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rz71/Private/Lego/
Marital Status:  Free (to spend large amounts for LEGO)
Children:  Myself
Occupation:  System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  June 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  27
# of LEGO Pieces:  ???
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none (are ther any in germany?)

First LEGO Set:  6940 as a birthday present four years ago
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Classic Space
Favorite Set(s):  1736 - just two of them and you can make a great 
                  wizard car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  all large plates
Current LEGO Project:  Legonaire II - a 20" LEGO BattleMech for my 
                         Lego Wars Army
          
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drinking and collecting whisky, roleplaying,
music and books (esp. old ones)

Frank Niemeyer: Environmental Research Center (FZU),
                at the Karlsruhe University
                Email: frank.niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
                WWW: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rz71




From: sullis3@cii3116-14.its.rpi.edu (Manic Frog)
Date: 12 Jan 1996 18:39:11 -0500
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

Name:  Shaun Sullivan  
Gender:  Male 
Year of Birth:  1975  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  11 or so, and Immensely Creative: if
				what you build looks like what you see 
				on the box, then you followed the 
				instructions too well.
Location:  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (school)   
	   Clinton, NY (home)
E-mail Address:  sullis3@rpi.edu (school)  
		 Sullytoast@aol.com (home)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not yet  
non-Lego Homepage:  I'm a Mechy, I'm sorry!
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Nope
Occupation:  Student, Resident Associate

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September, 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  20 to 30 (?)
# of LEGO Pieces:  I don't do exponents.  Actually, I just have no clue.
		  A copier-paper box full, in volumetric terms.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  Zero (0)

First LEGO Set:  I don't know the number - the first rocket-launcher
		 Space Set, around 1980-1982 or so (?)
Favorite Theme(s):  (1) Castle   (2) Pirate, Space  (3) Technic   
					(4)  Islander, Town  
Favorite Set(s):  950 piece BUCKETS!  Any large Pirate ship, and quality
				 			 Castle set.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Skeletal Death (o' the 4 Apocolyptic
								 Horsemen
 				   Faceless Black/Red Wraith 
					(round 1x1 for head) Spacer
				   Any Gear (hence the Mech. Eng.)

Current LEGO Project:  Establishing a powerful medieval castle force,
			and accompianying castle.
			
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  A 12" tall fully-articulated model of the 
				Robotech mecha (whose BATTLETECH name
				was Warhammer - I forget the R.T. name -
				Excalibur, mebbe?) - red with black 
				details.
			      A 4-legged motorized walking robot

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Role-Playing, ANIME, models (mostly sf), 
				reading, literature, Irish history, 
				movies, soccer, volleyball, ultimate 
				
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Role-Playing, ANIME, models (mostly sf), reading, 
				literature, Irish history, movies, soccer, 
				volleyball, ultimate frisbee, etc. etc.  



From: robk@access.mountian.net (Robert Kemper)
Date: 13 Jan 1996 14:31:13 GMT
Organization: American Meter Company

Name:	Rob Kemper
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
E-mail Address:   robk@access.mountain.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  married
Children: 2 Calico, 1 black cat
Occupation:  Information Systems Administrator

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  About 60
# of LEGO Pieces:  who knows
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: It was a blue Truck with Fish on the Doors, Early 70's
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Town, Technic
Favorite Set(s):    Dragon's Den
Favorite Piece/Minifigure:  Black Knight
Current LEGO Project: none

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Wood Working, Matchbox Cars.





From: Hansolo.@ix.netcom.com
Date: 14 Jan 1996 02:46:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom
X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 13  6:46:25 PM PST 1996

Hello All!

Name: Frank Harding
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Ask my Wife
Location: Seattle,Tacoma area Washington State
Lego/Home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Honda Tech.

# of sets in Lego Collection: 40
# of Lego Pieces: Never counted
# of Legofests Attended: None

First Lego set: I dont Know,I lost all my sets from Childhood :(
Favorite Themes(s): Castle,Model Team,Space,Islander,Pirate,Aquazone,Forester
Favorite Set(s): Love them all
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: None
Current Lego Project: None

Greatest claim to Lego Fame: none

Other (Non-Lego) Interests: Computers,Computer Games,Snow & Water
 Skiing,Mountain Bikeing,Jetskiing,Reading(Science,Fantasy).




From: tlong@iu.net (Todd Long)
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:52:53 GMT
Organization: LongWorld

Name: Todd Long
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Melbourne, FL 
E-mail Address: tlong@iu.net 
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: single
Children: one 7 year old boy
Occupation:  printshop owner  
On R.T.L  Since: Dec. 25th 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 22
# of LEGO Pieces:  couple thousand (now if I could only find that damn bleach
box from when I was a kid!)
# of LEGOfests Attended: my son and I have one for ourselves every weekend   
First LEGO Set: Mine- an early seveties basic building set. My sons Duplo
Bucket and his first big kids set Sea Claw 7.
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s):  Monorail Transport Base 
Favorite Piece(s) Bridge set for the (now retired) duplo train
Current LEGO Project: Keeping my son from finding the Neptune Dicovery Lab
box that I got him for next (teah right!) Christmas.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being bachelors we can leave our Legos all over
the living room and not get in trouble.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Coasters, Star Trek.
 



From: yu146273@yorku.ca (NICHOLAS TOTH)
Date: 16 Jan 1996 01:27:20 GMT
Organization: York University

Name:  Nicholas Toth
Gender:  Male 
Year of Birth:  1976  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 and/or 13, depending. When the 
wind is southerly, I know a falcon from a pickaxe.

Location: North York, Ontario, Canada

E-mail Address:  yu146273@yorku.ca

Marital Status: I wish!
Children:  Nope
Occupation:  Student, Part Time Librarian

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December, 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 32 full, 8 Mini-fig sets, 3 misc. (wheels, 
doors, etc.), and the mini-figs from the original Dragon Castle

# of LEGO Pieces: Used to be more than 3,000, but I gave about half 
(town, space, and basic) to my brother, when I decided to specialize in 
Castle stuff. I've added more since then, though, so maybe 2,000.

# of LEGOfests Attended: None.

First LEGO Set:  A small space vehicle, a sort of one-man launch, with a 
white space guy. I was three, so that's 1979, and it got mixed in with my 
cousin's and was never seen again.

Favorite Theme(s): Castle, definitely, but give me the new men, arms, and 
animals, and the old castles.
Favorite Set(s):  375/6075 Yellow Castle.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x2x3high buttress pieces (simplicity)
                                 hand axe and hammer
                                 Old-style knight's visors (T-slot)
                                 Uniformed Soldiers from Pirates
                                 Norse bearded guy from Sea Serpent
                                 The Wizard

Current LEGO Project:  None, really. I've got this impregnable castle and 
139 armed men of various kinds to defend it, but I haven't got the time 
to stage a battle. Maybe in the summer...
			
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lego battle in grade 7. My home-brew castle 
and siege equipment, against my teacher's boxed castles (original lion 
and eagle castles, and the tavern) and siege equipment. I cleaned up, 
because her knights couldn't climb my walls, just by standing on their 
horses' backs!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading (SF/F, Hist, Shakespeare), computers 
(strangely enough, not a prerequisite to net-access, any more), starship 
design, the Holy Rutabaga, creating sleep deficit, and RPGs, occasionally.




From: karini@aksi.net (Karin Isberg)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:36:37 GMT
Organization: Acquired Knowledge Systems, Inc.

Name:  Karin Isberg
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1954
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child(ren):  9-14  VERY active!

Location:  Miami, Florida  USA
E-mail Address:  karini@aksi.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Under construction
Marital Status:  Commited  (13+ yrs)
Children:  Only inner kids and a wonderful dog Andy
Occupation:  Sys Adm for Blue Moon Books
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Just discovered it @ 3 wks ago!

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  @20
# of LEGO Pieces:  ??  Not enough!  
# of LEGOfests Attended:  LEGOfests!?  Where!???
First LEGO Set:  A *wooden* bag full back in late 50's!
Favorite Theme(s):  Town (seaports), Islanders, Forestmen
Favorite Set(s): Metro Station, Launch & Load Seaport, Forestman's
Crossing and Forbidden Island 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Aquanauts, Forestmen, Pirates
Current LEGO Project:  Selling off all my Stark Trek collection for
more Lego sets!  Building a high wall to wall (all walls) shelf for
dis(play) of Legos in bedroom
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Still have wooden Legos!  (not sure if
they are "Lego" brand)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Drawing/painting, sailing, fencing,
bicycling, building/flying R/C sailplanes, R/C sailboats, computer
games, boardgames, Illuminati (INWO)Trading Card Game




From: sixten.otto@dartmouth.edu (Sixten Otto)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:09:13 -0400
Organization: Dartmouth College

Name:  Sixten Otto
Gender:  Male 
Year of Birth:  1976  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: No idea, but from the looks I get from
my friends sometimes, young... 

Location: Rochester, New York (Home); Hanover, New Hampshire (School)

E-mail Address:  sixten.otto@dartmouth.edu

Marital Status: Not
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student (Dartmouth College)

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I never really kept count, but I imagine
somewhere on the order of 50-70 (??).

# of LEGO Pieces: I have absolutely no idea, but they fill two drawers of
an old dresser in my room.... :-)

# of LEGOfests Attended: None.

First LEGO Set:  I have tattered instructions for a fire engine from the
days before posable mini-figs with faces (from 1978 or 79) but the first I
remember much is the 497 Galaxy Explorer.

Favorite Theme(s): Space and Castle.
Favorite Set(s):  Not sure, but quite possibly 6954 Blacktron Renegade.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron minifigs (the galactic bada**es...)
                                 the new Castle swords and halberds
                                 the new tools (from Launch Command, others)
                                 palm trees!
                                 the mysteriously alluring (yet strangely
                                    disturbing) Islander lei chick...
                                 
Current LEGO Project:  Nothing, really. I have only recently begun to ease
back out of my own mini-Dark Ages, and have mainly been picking up sets
with minifigs or bits that struck me as neat.
                        
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: There was the time I started to build a
starship interior with a floor composed of every 6x8 or larger base I
owned, but it's funny how an overturned table 3 days in can dampen one's
enthusiasm for such a project (especially in 2nd or 3rd grade).... :-\ 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading (SF, Lovecraft, older Anne Rice, some
fantasy), Role-Playing Games, Warhammer 40K, Computers

      Sixten F. K. Otto, D'98, http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~sotto/




From: Leo Dorst <leo@fwi.uva.nl>
Date: 17 Jan 1996 16:06:54 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

Name:           Leo Dorst
Gender:         Male
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Recovering
Location:       Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail Address: leo@fwi.uva.nl
Marital Status: married to Phyllis Crabill and two cats.
Children:       None
Occupation:     Research scientist in robotics
On R.T.L. Since:  1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   oh, I dunno - 200 ?
# of LEGO Pieces:               oh, I dunno - 50,000 ?

First LEGO Set:         It has always been around...
Favorite Theme(s):      Technic, Town, Train
Favorite Set(s):        6670, 6594 (both for clever use of pieces), 8828
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Micromotor
Current LEGO Project:   Transferring designs to: http://carol.fwi.uva.nl/~leo/

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Our Amsterdam canal house in Lego (see WWW).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:   go, hiking, robotics, music (passively...)




From: wckokal@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Date: 17 Jan 96 15:09:19 EDT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Name:           Bill Kokal
Gender:         Male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9
Location:       Pittsburgh PA USA
E-mail Address: pacwck+@pitt.edu
Marital Status: married to my wonderful (and lego-sympathetic) wife, Lisa
Children:       None
Occupation:     Systems Analyst
On R.T.L. Since:  1994 (on and off)
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   ??  400, maybe  
# of LEGO Pieces:               ??  12 cu ft?  324000cu. centimeters (I think)
 
First LEGO Set:         Basic Set around 1972
Favorite Theme(s):      Pirate, Castle
Favorite Set(s):        all
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Forestmen
Current LEGO Project:   Building my all pirate ships to take on the Imperial 
			Armada

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  PA License plate: LEGO  Wifes: ONO LEGO
			      Last 4 digits of phone # L-E-G-O
			      Went to Legoland this past summer
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:   reading, music, history




From: John Cromer <cro>
Date: 19 Jan 1996 01:38:52 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

Name:                              John Cromer
Gender:                            male 
Year of Birth:                     1952
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  terminal adolescence, but was informed
                                   recently I was in danger of leaving
                                   its ranks due to "my irrational fear
                                   of personal bankruptsy."  (I bounced
                                   a mortgage check!) 
Location:                          Pasadena, CA 
E-mail Address:                    cro@astro.caltech.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):             http://astro.caltech.edu/~cro/home.html
                                   (no lego yet)
Marital Status:                    married
Children:                          two cats, nephew.
Occupation:                        programmer for the Palomar and Keck
                                   Observatories
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            Feb, 1995.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      120
# of LEGO Pieces:                  22473 
# of LEGOfests Attended:           0

First LEGO Set:                    8042 Universal Pneumatic.  (I played
                                   with Happi Time Bricks as a child.) 
Favorite Theme(s):                 Technic, castle, islanders, town.
Favorite Set(s):                   Universal Pneumatic  (sentimental)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   The Skeleton and The Redhead. 
Current LEGO Project:              Finish Super Car, Airtech Claw Rig,
                                   Lego home page. Obtain all the
                                   Technic Idea Books (only 8889 to go.)
                                   Help my wife with a course in simple
                                   machines using Technic sets at a 
                                   local public school.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       No claims. 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        Humor, reading, applied math, physics, 
                                   history, cycling, hiking. 




From: minxkely@flood.xnet.com (Minx Kelly)
Date: 21 Jan 1996 19:20:30 GMT
Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064

Name: Patrick Finnegan
Gender: male
Age: 11
Year of birth: 3-18-84
Mental age/status of inner child: 12
Location: Chicago
E-mail address: fireball@calunet.com (will be activated any day now)
LEGO/home page url: none yet
Marital status: you got to be kidding
Children: none
Occupation: tattletale and above average student
# of sets in LEGO collection: 40
# of LEGO pieces: a million
First LEGO set: 6389 Fire Control Center
Favorite theme(s): Town Police/Rescue
Favorite set(s): 6984 Galactic Mediator
Current project: saving up for new sets
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: helping to build Auntie Minx's theme park
Other (non-LEGO) interests: video games,music, collecting die cast cars
taking care of my cat Peanuts.




From: Poconnor@apci.net   (James O'Connor)
Date: 26 Jan 1996 20:01:22 GMT
Organization: Applied Personal Computing, Inc.

Name:  Gloria O'Connor
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12, providing the 'adult supervision
 for my houseful' 
Location:  Scott AFB, IL
E-mail Address:  oconnor@apci.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): none 
Marital Status:  married
Children:  2: 3-yr old boy, 20-mo girl
Occupation:  husband-helper, kid-keeper, home-maker
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  2 Duplo sets
# of LEGO Pieces:  a lot, they seem to multiply when no one is looking
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

First LEGO Set:  a Christmas gift to my sister and I, she monopolized it
Favorite Theme(s): none yet
Favorite Set(s): none yet
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none yet
	(Although as the kids grow, I'm sure we'll specialize.)
Current LEGO Project: finding them all
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bible study, (often) experimental cooking, net
 surfing.




From: Chris Wilding <wilding@server.uwindsor.ca>
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 23:03:49 GMT

Name:                              Christopher Robin Wilding
                                   (but same the typing: Chris will do...)
Gender:                            Male 
Year of Birth:                     1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  20, bouncing back 10-15 years upon
                                   sighting a LEGO brick.
Location:                          Windsor, ON, Canada
E-mail Address:                    wilding@server.uwindsor.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):    http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~wilding/index.html
                          http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~wilding/lego.html
                          (Guess which one is the Lego page...)
Marital Status:                    single
Children:                          none -- closest to that is my youngest
                                   sister, 13 years my junior, whom I am
                                   trying to hook on LEGO.
Occupation:                        Engineering student (2nd Yr, Mechanical)
                                   at the Univerisity of Windsor, ON, Canada
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            Observing since Oct. 1995, 1st post today.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      ~40
# of LEGO Pieces:                  3000 confirmed, and all the little bits
                                   left over... ~5000-5500
# of LEGOfests Attended:           0  <sniff!>
First LEGO Set:                    (I can't remember that far!)  It was
                                   some big (for a 3.5 yr. old!) DUPLO
                                   set (circa 1977-9), also my younger
                                   sister's 1st set.
Favorite Theme(s):                 Technic, Space, Town.
Favorite Set(s):                   8858 Orig. Engine Set,
                                   Fire Station (c. 1980 -set # ????)
                                   8062 Universal Technic Set,
                                   8880 Technic Super Car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Any gear, old square pistons, new round
                                   pistons, differentials, all of the classic
                                   space elements.
Current LEGO Project:              Lego/TECHNIC homepage.  Catalogue and
                                   index *ALL* of my Lego on a database.  
                                   Aquire more Lego :)     
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       Christmas, 1995: My grandmother hands
                                   me my 'inheritance', a bag of old LEGO,
                                   the pre ABS plastic stuff! (I hope my
                                   uncles won't get too upset over this.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        Engineering, Cars, Drawing, Computers,
                                   Reading, Foreign Languages, Anime &
                                   Manga, Programming, Raytracing,
                                   Websurfing, and My Homepage(s).




From: pappgj@hg.uleth.ca
Date: 2 Feb 1996 21:40:36 GMT
Organization: University of Lethbridge

Name: Alexander (Alex) Pappajohn 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1977 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ? 
Location:  Lethbridge, AB
E-mail Address: pappgj@acad1.cc.uleth.ca or 
                pappgj@hg.uleth.ca
Marital Status: s
Children: 0
Occupation:  student/teacher
On R.T.L. Since:  summer 94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 (rest unboxed)
# of LEGO Pieces:  2 bins.

First LEGO Set: ?
Favorite Theme(s): space
Favorite Set(s): Small Spacecraft
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exploriens, Octan.
Current LEGO Project: Saving up to buy more LEGO.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
Models that match color schemes almost perfectly;
Sea Sprint 9 for $0.98.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Visual C++, Star Trek, Models of robots
and aircraft.




From: merryvie@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (June Merryview)
Date: 14 Feb 1996 19:25:13 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Name:                              Gaitsiri Mongkolsmai ("Tina") (I'm Thai)
Gender:                            Female
Year of Birth:                     1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  22 or 11/My inner child will never die..
Location:                          San Francisco Bay Area, CA
E-mail Address:                    mongkolsmai_tina@tandem.com
				   gmongkol@envirolink.org
                                   TinaM95@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):             http://members.aol.com/tinam95/index.html
Marital Status:                    single/6 mo anniversary on V-day '96!!
Children:                          Maybe in a couple of years away...
Occupation:                        Information Systems Analyst (programmer)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            February 1996!!
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      10 at home (Bloomington, Illinois)
                                   and ordering 3 more from Roy Gal
# of LEGO Pieces:                  don't know...
# of LEGOfests Attended:           None
First LEGO Set:                    a _BIG_ Universal set..the one with the
			           granny person and the teeny doors and the
				   big wheels and thick green plates... I
				   don't know where it is anymore...
Favorite Theme(s):		   Town, anything with pieces useful in
				   building houses, meaning 2-3 bedrooms,
				   baths with shower rooms, kitchens with 
				   islands, balconies and sunrooms, etc...
				   Hard to do with limited flat plates and
				   white 1x's...I use lots of door-sized
				   windows, etc... any other suggestions? I
				   also use things like flat 2x2's for the 
				   tiled bath/kitchen floors and outdoor
				   patio steps...
Favorite Set(s):                   I've combined the best pieces for house
				   building in a huge popcorn tin and a few
				   other containers, ie roof pieces in one,
				   flat pieces in one, people/small special
				   pieces in another, doors/windows/palmtree
				   and stacked bricks between flat pieces
				   (5 high of course for house-building) in
				   the popcorn tin...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Hmm...outdoor lamps, clear pieces from my
				   old Universal set ofr glass block designs,
	|       		   flat tiles for kitchens, mailboxes for an
	|__     		   oven (wish there were a better piece for
	  |     		   that), a chair and a clear-blue plastic
	 _|     		   window piece to make bar stools as shown,
				   storage boxes that open (2x3x2) sideways
				   and the refridgerator (2x3x4, sometimes I
				   wish it were 2x3x5), slanted windows for
				   skylights, bumped out sunroom pieces (the
				   ones that curve and are 4x3x6)
Current LEGO Project:              Getting my mom to pack my Lego sets for
				   me and bringing them when they visit at
				   the end of March.  She may not do it...
				   but I'm also ordering from Roy Gal so I
				   will survive on those...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       Oh, I just have fun building 3 bedroom,
				   2 bath homes with 2 stories, a balcony,
				   all the above I mentioned...better in
				   size than some homes in California, if
				   you think about the price!!! Goodness..
Best LEGO deal:                    Probably buying these older sets from
				   Roy Gal since I've been looking for a
				   number of sets and can't find any in TRU
				   here or at Target.  (Boohoo.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        I'm interested in floor plan designs and
				   in camping and keeping my relationship
				   with the one I love alive; hopefully it
				   will last for always...
Other:                             Oh, and I love food.  (not all...but..)
				   I love Thai food, hot curries plus...hey,
				   just see my homepages.  Thanks!




From: Peter Moster <peter.moster@megadolt.inka.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 13:40:30 +0100
Organization: INKA e.V. POP Ruelzheim

Name:                              Peter Moster
Gender:                            Male
Year of Birth:                     1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13 He is into Technic now...
Location:                          Offenbach, near Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail Address:                    peter.moster.megadolt.inka.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):             http://www.inka.de/sites/megadolt/
Marital Status:                    single
Children:                          yes, myself
Occupation:                        student: electrical engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            September 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      about 40
# of LEGO Pieces:                  three drawers and some
# of LEGOfests Attended:           None
First LEGO Set:       I remember hobby models 391-393... then came the rift.
                  after my Lego dark ages: 6814, little ice planet vehicle.
Favorite Theme(s):    Pirates, Technic
Favorite Set(s):      Big hulking ships
Favorite Minifigs:    red and blue troopers
Current LEGO Project: 1) 6-legged pneumatic walker Pirate ship with hull from
                      a big pirate ship and Technic "musical clock" control.
                      2) Finish study and get job to earn money
                      to spend on Lego.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Playing Legowars at a party.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my friends, Computers, Games, Bicycling




From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd)
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:32:00 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

Name: Carolyn Cheney
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1956
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Was going down nicely, then I hit 40.
Maybe more LEGO will help.
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
E-mail address: cheney1@osu.edu
LEGO homepage/URLs:Someday
Marital Status: Married (he gave me roof bricks for Valentine's Day)
Children: 1 son, Geoffrey, born in 1988
Ocupation:Research Immunologist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) since: Lurking since 1993
# sets in LEGO collection: about 100
# pieces: Don't know
# LEGOfests: none, but I am hosting one this weekend
First LEGO set: Some basic bricks when I was a kid, but no longer have
them.  Otherwise, some Duplo bought for my son (so it is really his, but we
share)
Favorite Theme: Imperial Guards
Favorite sets: Trading post (not that I have it)
favorite piece/minifig: shooting cannon, pirate wench
current LEGO project: figuring out how to host a LEGOfest
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Longest lurker?
Best LEGO deal: The seaport for US$50., but I am trying to do better.
Other (non LEGO) interests: family, immunology, cooking, sewing, fencing,
reading mysteries, renovating my home




From: peoples@interpath.com (Edward T. Riddle)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 05:00:20 GMT
Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina

Name:				Edward T. Riddle
Gender:				Male
Year of Birth: 			1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	10 - The perfect LEGO Age
Location: 			Fletcher, NC, USA
E-mail address: 			peoples@interpath.com
LEGO homepage/URLs:		I'm working on it...
Marital Status: 			Married - She thinks LEGOs are OK
Children: 			1 Son, Nicholas, Born 021295
Ocupation:			Service Mgr for a computer Co.
On RTL Since: 			Lurking since Dec `95
# Sets in LEGO Ccollection: 	55
# Pieces:			8775 (+/- 100)
# LEGOfests:			None - But I'm willing =)
First LEGO set:			Older `70s sets when I was a kid -
				But unfortunetly they are long gone.
Favorite Theme(s):		Castle & Pirates
Favorite Set(s):			4563 Load N' Haul Railroad -
				It looks GREAT under the Christmas Tree
Favorite Piece/MiniFig:		Shooting Canon/Forestmen (Glad there
				coming back)
Current LEGO Project:		Learning HTML to get my URL up
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:	?
Best LEGO Deal:		25% Off @ K-Mart
Other (NonLEGO) Interests:	What do you mean NonLEGO? Video Games,
My 			 
				Son, Computers (I have 5)...

LEGO: PI+++ (6286/0412) CA+++ (6081) AQ+++ (6175) TR++  (4563)
LEGO: TO+   (6346/6397) SP+   (6982) #++ S+ LS++ Hsu/al A YB68m




From: shc103@york.ac.uk (SH Carter)
Date: 26 Feb 1996 17:21:48 GMT
Organization: The University of York, UK

Name:				Steven H Carter
Gender:				Male
Year of Birth: 			1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
	Steve has two mental ages, 5 and 32.  These are united in the 
	LEGO plane.
Location: 			York, North Yorkshire, UK
E-mail address: 			shc103@york.ac.uk
LEGO homepage/URLs:		none (!)
Marital Status: 		Single
Children: 			Nope
Ocupation:			Student / civil servant
On RTL Since: 			26 Feb 1996
# Sets in LEGO Ccollection: 	?
# Pieces:			?
# LEGOfests:			?
First LEGO set:			Older `70s sets when I was a kid.
Favorite Theme(s):		Technik
Favorite Set(s):		Nope

Favorite Piece/MiniFig:		The helmet with a blue visor
Current LEGO Project:		None - My EVIL MOTHER took away my legos 
				when I was "too old" - I was only 16!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:	None
Best LEGO Deal:			Won UKP1.10's worth of lego tractor at 
				Christmas 1983?
Other (NonLEGO) Interests:	Old computers & consoles, music, building 
				robots (though I haven't finished one yet!)
--
Steve Carter, shc103@york.ac.uk, http://www.york.ac.uk/~shc103
# E_shoot me down if I tell a lie! 
# ... and when I say Lego, I mean LEGO(R) bricks and no-one elses.




From: timb@tiac.net (Tim Bithoney)
Date: 3 Mar 1996 15:10:18 GMT
Organization: Along The Way Solutions

Name:                           Tim Bithoney
Gender:                         Male
Year of Birth:                  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 10 yrs old I just love toys!!!
Location:                       Boston MA
E-mail address:                 timb@tiac.net
LEGO homepage/URLs:             none (!)
Marital Status:                 Engaged
Children:                       does a cat count?
Ocupation:                      Student
On RTL Since:                   Summer of 95
# Sets in LEGO Ccollection:     roughly 100
# Pieces:                       lots!!!
# LEGOfests:                    ?
First LEGO set:                 Duplo stuff and then space sets from the
late 70s..
Favorite Theme(s):              Space
Favorite Set(s):                Old space sets with first red, white and
yellow figures.

Favorite Piece/MiniFig:         Original Yellow space man
Current LEGO Project:           to get the BIG castle!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:    None
Best LEGO Deal:                 My gradfather buying them for me!
Other (NonLEGO) Interests:      Star Wars, Macintosh, Web page design,
Home Theater, Punk and Hardcore.




From: gwyckoff@ellis.uchicago.edu (Gerald Wyckoff)
Organization: The University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:08:10 GMT

Date: 4/17/96
Name: Gerald J. Wyckoff  
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 1972  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying wildly between 3 and 63- inner 
				  child in firm control most times.  
Location:  Chicago, IL (and occasionally Commack,New York)
E-mail Address: gwyckoff@midway.uchicago.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet  
Marital Status: Engaged  
Children: Nope 
Occupation: Genetics Graduate Student (i.e., none) 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan, 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 50  
# of LEGO Pieces:  ????
# of LEGOfests Attended: none

First LEGO Set: inherited many miscellaneous blocks from uncle circa 1974  
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle  
Favorite Set(s): Rebel Hunter (most useful pieces/package)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): long "multipurpose" piece which looks like
				a cross between a rifle and a VHS video-camera 
Current LEGO Project: Attempting to build a large, to mini-fig scale space
		      ship using 1/2 off the clamshell of the Ice Planet
		      Outpost as the canopy for the command area and full
		      crew living areas, but it is taking a back seat to my 
		      Thesis Proposal at the moment. Planned finish date, 
		      6/30/96. 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Scale model of A-10 Warthog ('cept it wasn't
				green...)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My thesis, my fiance, hiking, traveling, role
			     playing, reading, and Babylon 5.




From: smd5833@is2.nyu.edu (Sid M. Dinsay)
Date: 18 Apr 1996 05:06:37 GMT
Organization: New York University
NNTP-Posting-User: root

Name:  Sid Mark Dinsay
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ages 10-14
Location:  New Yawk, New Yawk
E-mail Address:  smd5833@is2.nyu.edu
Marital Status:  married, for all intents and purposes
Children:  none, two dogs
Occupation:  News Assistant, NY1 News
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September, 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  at least 150
# of LEGO Pieces:  lots
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  A Basic set in 1970
Favorite Set:  Anything space, most town, technic
Favorite theme: Space, sub-themes thereof; aquazone and aquasharks
Favorite piece to date:  those octagonal thingees in AQ sets

LEGO acheivements:  millenium falcon, klingon bird of prey, City of Icars
(sorry, no .pict files!)

Best place to shop for LEGO:  thrift stores, of course!




From: ptinney@wimsey.com (Pat Tinney)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 23:24:50 GMT
Organization: Online at Wimsey

Name:  Pat Tinney
Gender: Female 
Year of Birth: 19 and something 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  BC Canada
E-mail Address: ptinney@wimsey.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Maybe some day 
Marital Status: married
Children: Cole & Ria, human; Niki & Kieth, dog & cat. 
Occupation: Retired computer programmer  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer '95  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 129 
# of LEGO Pieces: 32,000 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: Stuff from the 60's - was given away by my mother :-( 
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates and the rest
Favorite Set(s): SES 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Fabuland Mouse 
Current LEGO Project: Building the Once-lers house.  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My kids & husband, dog training, computers and 
sometimes annoying the cat.  




From: Richard Bierworth <richard_bierworth@valpak.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:47:19 -0500
Organization: Val=?iso-8859-1?Q?=80Pak DMS, Inc.?=

Name:  Richard Bierworth
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962 (I just turned twenty-fourteen)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 (the maximum LEGO age per boxes)
Location:  Largo, Florida
E-mail Address:  richardb@valpak.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None yet
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Pets:  Socks and Alexis
Occupation:  Technical Software Support
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  2/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of LEGO Pieces:  more than 12,000 is my guess, but less than I'd like.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  Royal Knights Castle (I played with a friends basic sets 
as a child and had none of my own) :^(
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Town, Pirate, Space, Aquazone (in that order)
Favorite Set(s):  Metrostation (great building, wish there were more)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Non-town females.  They are so rare 
that I jump for joy if I can find one.

Current LEGO Project:  Building the missing town buildings (Post Office, 
Bank, Theatre, Store, School, Library, etc.)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Finding a way to fund my LEGO habit. ;^)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Comics, Collectible Card Games, Writing




From: bk6256@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU (Hi)
Date: 19 Apr 1996 19:45:54 GMT
Organization: University of Albany, SUNY

Name: Brett Kingery 
Gender: Boy 
Year of Birth: 1975 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 
Location: Saratoga Springs 
E-mail Address: BK6256@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU
LEGO/home page URL(s): Won't ever have one (there's no good Muppet pages yet!)
Marital Status: Marriage?  Whats that?  
Children: Never  
Occupation: Student/Tech. Support in Library 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1994  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ???  
# of LEGO Pieces: ???  
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: Entire 1984 Castle line (at Christmas) 
Favorite Theme(s): Castle 
Favorite Set(s): Any set I don't have  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None 
Current LEGO Project: Buying as many Castle pieces as I can't afford  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Most number of rejected ideas from Lego, Inc? 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Rollerblading, Warcraft II
			    eating Orida Crispers/Twice baked potatoes 
                                                                      




From: drvasher@mtu.edu (David R Vasher)
Date: 19 Apr 1996 00:41:42 -0400
Organization: Michigan Tech

Name: Dave Vasher 
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 1973 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: All to active 
Location: Houghton, MI 
E-mail Address: drvasher@mtu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status: single 
Children:  
Occupation: Undergrad, ME 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan, '96 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20ish 
# of LEGO Pieces: Far too few... 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: No clue... 
Favorite Theme(s): Technic  
Favorite Set(s): Not one in particular 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The shock thingies 
Current LEGO Project: Arctic Cat snowmobile with working suspension 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't have one:( 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Any sport, snowmobiles, country music:) 




From: yoplait@eskimo.com (George Handel)
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 14:58:05 GMT

Name: Layne Benofsky 
Gender: Male(?) 
Year of Birth: 1972 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 1/2 (and holding steady) 
Location:  Seattle, Washington! WEU WEU!
E-mail Address:  yoplait@eskimo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  :(  none :(
Marital Status:  Free as a boid! :) *chirp chirp*
Children:  I are one.
Occupation:  Student/Part timer/Singer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Oh dear.. at least six months.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Lots
# of LEGO Pieces:  A 'Tub'(*) Full
# of LEGOfests Attended:  Legofests? :)

First LEGO Set:  Some stuff that came in a brown box.  but they WERE Lego
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates (was space)
Favorite Set(s):  Galalxy Explorer...  and the Mobile Rocket Launcher
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I, definatly  >:)
Current LEGO Project:  Developing a playing arena for LegoW**s

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Upgrading the Galaxy Explorer to abouot 2/3
			       again as large, and keeping the 'style'
			       intact.  I loved that thing.  Stayed
			       together for years! :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Singing, model/miniature ships,
			      model/miniature anything else (:))
			      Collecting rabbit things.




From: Wendy <WCSmile@postoffice.pbinet.com>
Date: 23 Apr 1996 04:22:50 GMT
Organization: Fork Xiao Dirt

Name: Wendy Cheng
Gender: F
Year of Birth: 1977 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 7 and a half
Location: SF bay area, California
E-mail Address: WCSmile@pbinet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status: single 
Children:  
Occupation: college student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb, '96 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 
# of LEGO Pieces: Don't know yet. 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: Can not remeber, I think it was a classic space set.
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Western  
Favorite Set(s): #6397 Gas 'N' Wash 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic fire fighters
Current LEGO Project: Upgrading my LEGO city. I call it Riverdale.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Japanese Comics, HK movies.




From: ndrkk@dordt.edu (Andre Kok)
Date: 23 Apr 1996 06:19:25 GMT
Organization: Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA

Name: Andre' Kok
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  19
Location:  Sioux Center, IA (Denver, CO for the summer)
E-mail Address:  ndrkk@cc.dordt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~andre
Marital Status:  engaged
Children:  none
Occupation:  Elementary Education Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  110 or so
# of LEGO Pieces:  more than 110
# of LEGOfests Attended: none (went to the great create 95, check
it out on my home page!)

First LEGO Set:  588 Polie HQ
Favorite Theme(s):  Soldiers, Imperial Gaurds, Wolfpack
Favorite Set(s):  Imperial Trading Post, Wolfpack Tower
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blue backpacked soldier
Current LEGO Project:  packing it all up for the summer :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none really :(

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My Fiance, computers(Macintosh), rollerblading,
playing viola, traveling, hiking, sleeping.

Andre'  Kok                                 http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~andre/
Elementary Education Student                               ndrkk@cc.dordt.edu
Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA                       bw238@freenet.uchsc.edu  
LEGO: PI+++(6277) TO++(588) CA+>(6090) #++ S LS+ H!? M+ A+ YB76m




From: dellis@mkitso.bbn.com (David Ellis)
Date: 23 Apr 1996 15:21:39 GMT
Organization: BBN, Inc.

Name:  David Ellis
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  '49 (that makes me 46)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ~12
Location:  Framingham, MA (20 mi W of Boston)
Email:  (work) dellis@bbn.com; (home) dje@mkitso.ultranet.com
Marital Status:  M
Children:  Ben, born '89
Occupation:  Software Engineering / network security
Employment:  Senior Engineer, BBN Systems & Technologies, Cambridge, MA.
On R.T.L. Since:  6/95

Number of Sets in Collection:  32
Number of Pieces:  9208 (plus 2050 additional loose pieces).

List of sets, in order of purchase:  335, 1719, 6314, 4153; 6340, 6670;
	6345, 9365, 6483, 6949, 6544; 8720, 8062, 1785; 6020, 6125, 8818, 8225;
	6973, 6571, 6279, 1789, 8856; 1843, 1728, 8244, 6335; 1728, 8868, 6982;
        1822, 6939.

Oldest Set:   335 (Basic 3+ tote pack, 244 pcs).
Freestyle:   1719 (4-12 box, 186 pcs); 4153 (5-12 chest, 683 pcs).
Town:        6314 (Town People, 27 pcs);  6340 (Hook and Ladder, 173 pcs); 
             6670 (Rescue Rig, 112 pcs); 6345 (Aerial Acrobats, 332 pcs);
             6483 (Coastal Patrol, 240 pcs); 6544 (Shuttle Transcon, 320 pcs); 
             6571 (Flame Fighters, 416 pcs); 6335 (Indy Transport, 385 pcs).
DACTA/Town:  9365 (DACTA Community Vehicles, 704 pcs).
Space:       1785 (Crater Critters, 143 pcs); 6939 (Saucer Centurion, 211 pcs);
             6973 (Deep Freeze Defender, 412 pcs); 1789 (Star Hawk 2, 288 pcs);
             6982 (Explorien Starship, 652 pcs); 6949 (Robo-Guardian, 360 pcs).
Technic:     8720 (Power Pack, 54 pcs);  8062 (Universal w/case, 403 pcs); 
             8818 (Desert Racer, 118 pcs); 8225 (Road Rally V, 95 pcs); 
             8856 (Whirlwind Rescue, 507 pcs); 8244 (Convertables, 276 pcs);
             8868 (Air Tech Claw Rig, 957 pcs).
Aquazone:    6125 (Sea Sprint 9, 28 pcs); 1728 (Crystal Crawler, 92 pcs)(2);
             1822 (Sea Claw 7, 183 pcs).
Castle:      6020 (Magic Shop, 45 pcs).
Pirates:     6279 (Skull Island, 366 pcs).
Value:       1843 (Space/Castle value pack, 104 pcs).

Favorite Themes:  Space, Technic, Town
Favorite Sets:  6483, 6949, 6973

The only non-standard set in my collection is #9365, a DACTA set that contains
ten vehicles, including #6662 (Back Hoe), #6594 (Gas Transit), #6535 (Dumper),
#6668 (Recycle Truck), #6533 (Police 4x4), an ambulance very similar but not
identical to #6666, #6524 (Blizzard Blazer), #6660 (Hook 'n' Haul Wrecker), a
small dumper and a firefighter's van.

Personal: I've been interested in Lego only since last May, when my son
received set #4153 for his birthday.  My creativity for designing constructions
is extremely limited, so I would very much wish to borrow, trade or otherwise
obtain copies of instructions for models I don't have (hint, hint).

Claim to Fame: Nothing I've got or have built is notable.  I have posted to the
FTP archive on earthsea.stanford.edu listings with piece by piece inventory
information for fifteen of my sets and reviews for eleven of these sets.  I am
compiling a list of Lego pieces by description and part number (where
available).  I wrote the Lego folks in Enfield and Billund, asking if there's
an official set of names and numbers for all the pieces; they replied that this
information is for use inside the company only and is not to be made available
to customers.  Anybody with more information is invited to contact me by email.

--
David  J  Ellis
BBN Systems and Technologies		Network Security department
Mailstop 13/2a		10 Moulton Street	Cambridge, MA 02138
dellis@bbn.com					617-873-6016  




From: Michael Heun <vader1@execpc.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:09:19 +0000
Organization: Exec-PC BBS - Milwaukee, WI

Name: Michael Heun
Gender: Male
Year of Birth:1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:8
Location:Milwaukee, Wis
E-mail Address:vader1@execpc.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):none
Marital Status:single
Children:-
Occupation:marketing 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Jan, 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:70
# of LEGO Pieces: not a clue
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: 588 Police Department
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Train
Favorite Set(s): Airport shuttle, Shell Park and Station, Airport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exxon, Shell, and licensed /trademark
 logo figs.
Current LEGO Project:Building 40 town sets sorted by colors in one box
 .....putting together my first town layout in a decade!!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My major purchase of 40 LEGO town sets in
 one outing.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Bible, action figures, anything Star
 Wars, anything Batman, movies, reading, sports and related statistics.




From: zeek1701@aol.com (Zeek1701)
Date: 24 Apr 1996 01:46:31 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Jason Mergenov
Gender: Male
Year of Birth:1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12, my girlfriend says 8
Location:Great Falls, Mt
E-mail Address:zeek1701@aol.com/zeek170@mcn.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):none
Marital Status:single
Children:none
Occupation:Minuteman III ICBM Launch Control Officer (USAF)  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Mar, 1996 (FNG)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:150+
# of LEGO Pieces: not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: A space one from the 70's, had a lunar lander and some
large figs 
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates, town, knights
Favorite Set(s): Imperial flagship, renegade runner, all my knights and
police stuff
Favorite Piece(s): Minifigs and weapons/tools.
Current LEGO Project:  Converting the freight hauler train into the, never
built, Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Train.  Just finished my MMIII Launch
Control Center.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm the only one I know who makes models of
nuclear weapon systems out of legos  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Collecting kenner SW figs, computer
programing, X-Files, Jimmy Buffet




From: "Jeffrey D. Livingston" <jlivings@infointl.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:47:59 -0400
Organization: United States Internet, Inc.

Name:  Jeffrey D. Livingston
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Bounces between 12 and 50 
Location: Corryton, Tennessee
E-mail Address:  jlivings@infointl.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Supervisor for Technical Analysis (Chem. Engineer by degree)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Sometime last year

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+
# of LEGO Pieces:  15,000+ (I guess?)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None

First LEGO Set:  The 1970s Lunar Lander with the Moon Rover
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates and Space
Favorite Set(s):  Skulls Eye Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any MiniFig
Current LEGO Project: Pirate Fortress with Arsenal
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Found some old space Lego sets lost in
 inventory.  Bought the sets for very good price.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too too many.  Large collections of:
 Models, Music CDs, and Laserdiscs.  Also like Golf, working on my
 computer, History, Arts, Racing and UnivTennessee Football.  Keeping
 my girlfriend out of trouble takes a lot of time.




From: coogan@earthlink.net
Date: 1 May 1996 20:19:51 GMT
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.

Name:  Paul Coogan
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  7
Location:  Pasadena, CA
E-mail Address:  coogan@earthlink.net
Marital Status:  married
Children:  Son 7
Occupation:  Audio Recording Engineer
On R.T.L. Since:  Oct 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of LEGO Pieces:  enough to make it hard to find the piece you need.

First LEGO Set:  I just remember having a big box of very simple pieces.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space/Aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  Deepfreeze Defender
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  anything that allows movement/Basic Smiley
Current LEGO Project: Work on getting my homepage about lego together,
and build a working clock.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Sorting out all the pieces and
instructions for the airplane so my son could put them together on a
train trip.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers (any platform, even cpm), origami, fine 
art, graphic design. 




From: clayson@Eng.Sun.COM (Mathew Clayson)
Date: 1 May 1996 22:37:09 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.

Name:  Mathew Clayson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  32
Location:  Fremont, CA
E-mail Address:  clayson@zoid.eng.sun.com
Marital Status:  married
Children:  daughter 2.5 
Occupation:  IC layout design specialist
On R.T.L. Since:  A.T.L

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+
# of LEGO Pieces:  20,000+

First LEGO Set: Red and white basic bricks, current collection started
with 6077.
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirate, trains
Favorite Set(s):  6077 Forestmens River Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x1 with side stud/whit pirateshirt with vest.
Current LEGO Project: complete 9v train setup with space shuttle
loading facility.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creating my own game, Wooden Ships & Plastic Men.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Miniatures wargameing, Star Wars, Electronics.

+ Mathew Clayson   KA6EBS          +  "If you can't buy something nice...    +
+ clayson@zoid.Eng.sun.com         +       don't buy nothin' at all."        +
+ W(408)774-8723 H(510)651-5635    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Part Time LEGO maniac. Prime Contractor for MY LEGOland. I get paid in fun.+




From: Theresa Motyl <laygoman@ally.ios.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 00:19:26 -0700

Name:    Michael Todd (laygoman)
Age:     31
M.S.     married
Kids     2 cats one mama cat who grew up sleeping in my lego and her son
         he is a moose 15LBS and only 1 year old loves to chew on lego   
         when i dont pay attention to him
Occupation: appliance repairman
# of sets:   over 400 assembled and on shelves
             directions to build another 400 all of them different
# of pieces: three ford ranger truck loads full to the roof
first set:  givaway from the back of a velveta cheese box in the 1960s
oldest set: some of the original automatic binding bricks also a 1960s 
            canister unopened					
favorite set: a 1913 cadilac from 1975 european only
favorite theme: TRAINS i hope to one day build a garden railway with my 
lego toys when i can purchase a house

i didnt know there was anyone else as nuts as me
when i found out about the group i purchased a computer to talk to 
everyone
now i cannot live without this machine
thank you everyone for showing me a computer is not evil




From: wjohan@unf.edu
Date: 21 May 1996 18:11:00 GMT
Organization: University of North Florida

Name:  Bill Johanning 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  Orange Park, FL
E-mail Address:  wjohan@osprey.unf.edu
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  2 girls - 5 & 18months
Occupation:  Field Engineer
On R.T.L. Since:  Nov. 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100 - 120
# of LEGO Pieces:  Way more than I even care to think about (at least 15,000)

First LEGO Set:  A promotional offer from Velveeta cheese in 1973 that had
one or two cars & a small yellow biplane.

Favorite Theme(s): Space ( I don't care what anybody says, I think
Blacktron II is COOL!) , Castle ( Wolfpack RULES!)

Favorite Set(s): Allied Avenger, Deep Freeze Defender, Wolfpack Tower,
Armada Flagship

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): WOLFPACK! & ghosts, skeletons & the
grandpa from Ice Planet (Oh yeah, the islander female - Whoo Hoo!
Better than National Geographic (Well, almost!))

Current LEGO Project: A series of modules that will be compatible with
the cockpit section from StarHawkII I'm currently working on a small
fighter module with variable geometry wings (imagine a cross between
an X-wing & the Allied Avenger).  I eventually hope to build a battle
mech module & a new cockpit module for the Star Hawk.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Er, uh, heh, heh, Surviving the wrath of
my formerly NLSO (she has since seen the Light!) when she realized how
much I spent on Lego when I came out of my lego dark age last
November.  (I couldn't help myself!!  Some of those holiday sales &
after Christmas clearances were to much to pass up!)




From: sterbenzr@aol.com (Sterbenzr)
Date: 1 Jun 1996 20:19:46 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Ron Sterbenz
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1966 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  He wont tell me 
Location:  Sacramento, CA. USA
E-mail Address:SterbenzR@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Research Assistant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown at current time, it expands daily. 

# of LEGO Pieces:  I have no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zero - But def. willing

First LEGO Set: I am still trying to figure it out 1970's First space sets  
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains and Towns
Favorite Set(s):  Metro Liner w/ club car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Lance Ito, The nutty professor (looks
like my boss)
Current LEGO Project: collect all trains, and european sets 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Can ya believe I have set a resume to Peter
Eio, Pres of Lego USA 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Finance and Insurance, Underwater
Construction, Labor Negotiation,  Computer Games (Mainly Civilization II)
and my dogs who play the part of Godzilla when needed.  My Boss wishes I
did as much research for him as I do at finding Legos.  

Ron Sterbenz
SterbenzR@aol.com
Legos - Town Lover




From: cgnoerlich@aol.com (CGnoerlich)
Date: 2 Jun 1996 22:33:08 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Carsten Gnoerlich
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1967  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Hamm, Germany
E-mail Address: CGnoerlich@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.aol.com/CGnoerlich/
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  member of scientific staff in our university's AI faculty
             (sounds more exciting than it is, btw ;-)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  since beginning of RTL, but couldn't
                         post frequently until recently
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 60
# of LEGO Pieces:  still way too few ...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  dunno, got my first duplo when I was three or four.
                 First themed set was the 924 space ship.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle and Space.
Favorite Set(s):  Space: 924, Castle: 6076(DDD), 
                  6048 (Magistos house, its soo cute :-)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Classic red/white astronauts.
				  Everything with the classic
			          smiley-head.
Current LEGO Project:  The BriCad instruction editor.
                       See my homepage for details.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none yet.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Linux hacking, video games, pro wrestling
                             (just watching :-), currently getting into 
			     fantasy literature and artwork 


   :--:      Carsten Gnoerlich  (CGnoerlich@aol.com)
  .+--+.                          
 | o  o |    LEGO(R) homepage:     
 | .__. |    http://members.aol.com/CGnoerlich/
  `+--+'     
/--+  +--\   ObAOL: Me too ;-)




From: areesriba@aol.com (AReesRIBA)
Date: 3 Jun 1996 05:59:43 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name: Andrew Rees 
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1957
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Not nearly as old as I am 
Location:  Wiltshire, England
E-mail Address:  AReesRIBA@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Haven't got one
Marital Status: M 
Children:  1 boy, 4 girls
Occupation:  Architect
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 96 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40-50  
# of LEGO Pieces:  quite a few
# of LEGOfests Attended: none

First LEGO Set:  854 ( That's 948 to you Yanks! )
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  856 ( 951 in US ), 8850, 8865, 8868, 8880
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  None in particular
Current LEGO Project:  Suspended work/play during brief English summer

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Family, cricket, rugby union, wine, opera.




From: Sebastien Nadeau <snadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 10:22:40 -0400
Organization: Université Laval

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
 
Name: Sebastien Nadeau
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My gf now approximates it around 10
Location: Quebec City, Canada
E-mail Address: Sebastien.Nadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sna.bibl.ulaval.ca
Marital Status: single
Children:
Occupation: Computer technician
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30
# of LEGO Pieces: ~6000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: A factory or a wood mill (don't really remember) in
the early 80's
Favorite Theme(s): Castles, Space
Favorite Set(s): I love them all
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Dragon, 2x4 basic bricks
Current LEGO Project: I'm trying to build a castle that competes with
Ed Boxer's wonder. (;

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The strongest (more solid) car ever made
out of Lego. I won a contest against my brother and some of my
friends. My car was so solid, that when one of my friend cheated by
including the big black motor in his own car, even the motor didn't
resist to the collision! That was phenomenal... But that was sure the
last time we made such a fool experience...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Chess, Computers, Star-Wars, Board games,
Role-Playing games, Sci-Fi, My girlfriend, Beer...
 
Sebastien Nadeau
Computer Systems Technician                  _/    _/_/
Bibliotheque de l'Universite Laval          _/    _/_/
Phone: (418) 656-2131 ext. 6381            _/    _/_/
E-Mail: sebastien.nadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca   _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
http://sna.bibl.ulaval.ca/




From: "Ron Logan" <ronlogan@cochin.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:49:46 -0700
Organization: Cochin Media

Name:  Ron Logan
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  '67
Location:  Bellevue, WA USA
E-mail Address: ronlogan@cochin.com
Home page URL(s):  http://www.cochin.com/cochin/ron/
	No specific LEGO page yet. Haven't yet taken pictures of my spread.
Marital Status:  married
Children:  not unless you count me (my wife does)
Occupation:  software engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  off-and-on for a couple years; constantly for
	last six months
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  many
# of LEGO Pieces:  a lot, but nowhere near enough to build Ed Boxer's
	castle
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
 
First LEGO Set:  Ugh. I think it was some kind of blue police station
	thingy with a small helicopter. Didn't even have mini-figs
	back then (early 70's)!
Favorite Theme(s):  town, trains, pirates, boats (and my wife likes the
	castle stuff)
Favorite Set(s):  can't decide; I like them all
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  minifigs with actual expressions
	instead of blank smiles
Current LEGO Project:  Extending train tracks around my lego town in
	preparation of my eventual purchase of the Wild West
	theme. I've built a steam engine and sometimes enjoy myself by
	colliding it with my freight train.  (Do men ever really grow up?)
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  No fame; just fun. My wife's co-workers
	probably think I'm looney, since we have my LEGO fix shipped
	to her office a couple times a month.
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  WWW; rockets; chickens; and
	Balliver, the Globe-Trotting Rubber-Band Ball
(http://www.cochin.com/cochin/ball/)




From: michael_ripley@ccm.jf.intel.com (Michael Ripley)
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 96 06:09:46 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Mike Ripley
Gender:  Boy
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12-16, according to LEGO
Location:  Hillsboro, Oregon  USA
E-mail Address:  michael_ripley@ccm.jf.intel.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  3
Occupation:  Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  15 Duplo, 15 Lego
# of LEGO Pieces:  350 Duplo, 4750 Lego
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  Don't remember, had bricks, wheels, a few plates
Favorite Theme(s):  Train, Town, Team, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Load N' Haul, Freight Loading Station, Gas N' Wash Express
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Translucent tiles, differential gearbox
Current LEGO Project:  Acquisition of train stuff!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Not a single Roth-related posting.  Except for
this one.  Dang!  Now I've ruined it.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, my family




From: john.wiest@24stex.com (John Wiest)
Date: 4 Jun 1996 18:05:54 GMT
Organization: Corps of Engineers, North Pacific Division

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  John Wiest	
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12-14
Location:  Sacramento, CA
E-mail Address: john.wiest@24stex.com (HM) jwiest@usace.mil (WK)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None as of yet
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  Civil Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-60
# of LEGO Pieces: Have No Idea, but know I want more
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  Old Lego Forklift don't know number from mid to late
 '70's
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Launch Command/Race
Favorite Set(s):  Shuttle Launch Pad (For Now)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Don't Really Have One
Current LEGO Project:  Constructing My Lego Town

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none yet.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books, Computer Games
                             
John Wiest
john.wiest@24stex.com
"Do or do not.  There is no Try" - Yoda




From: kasper@stack.urc.tue.nl (Kasper van Wouw)
Date: 5 Jun 1996 14:19:03 +0200
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:   Kasper van Wouw 
Gender:   Male
Year of Birth:   1973 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:    8 
Location:   The Netherlands 
E-mail Address:    kasper@stack.urc.tue.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s):   not yet 
Marital Status:    alone with my LEGO
Children:    0 
Occupation:    Computer science student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:   1994 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   EST +- 200 
# of LEGO Pieces: very rough est    +- 10000 
# of LEGOfests Attended:    0

First LEGO Set: 
   One of the old 2-digit BASIC sets. I don't have the correct
   number with me. (Could be 32)
Favorite Theme(s): 
   Technic, classic space, model team 
Favorite Set(s):
   The original big classic space ship. (92?) 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
   Space baseplate with craters. 
Current LEGO Project: 
   Searching every toystore I can find for old lego sets.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
   For the last three years I've been building all sets with pieces
   positioned is such a way that the little LEGO-logos are facing
   the front or the left side of the set. Don't ask me why I do this.
   I only do this when I build models from instruction manuals.
   I also got severy scratch-o-phobia. Dust on my sets is bad too.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer graphics, fractals, AI, programming. 

Bonus field of my own: # of LEGO theme parks visited: 1 (Billund)





From: Steve Hartman <sehartma@sdcc14.ucsd.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 1996 18:09:45 GMT
Organization: UC San Diego

Name: Steve Hartman 
Gender: M 
Year of Birth: 1973  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: a bitter old 88
Location: San Diego, CA 
E-mail Address: N/A at the present
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www-npsnet.cs.nps.navy.mil/barker/lego 
Marital Status: single
Children: 0 
Occupation: college student/Lab Tech 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1995, I think... 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: A whole bunch... who cares, I don't count 'em. 
# of LEGO Pieces: A lot (Does anyone actually waste their time counting?) 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: This weird truck set I got in Germany when I was a kid 
Favorite Theme(s): Expert Builder/Technics, classic Space, Model Team 
Favorite Set(s): Expert Builder/Technics super cars (I forget the #s) 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Basic, classic pieces.  
Current LEGO Project: LEGO Mobile Suit Gundam... almost done.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: THE LEGO PURISTS PAGE. (See URL above)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: molecular biology, sci-fi movies and books,
mountain biking, eating at McDonald's and Taco Bell, lots of TV




From: scott@interlog.com (Scott)
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:27:20 GMT
Organization: InterLog Internet Services

Name:  Scott Stein
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  5 - 16 depending on set being used
Location:  Toronto, Ontario
E-mail Address:  scott@interlog.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):   

http://www.interlog.com/~scott/fun_chat.html#lego

Marital Status:  ? 
Children:  Just me
Occupation:  Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Early 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  5 full sets, 40 partial
# of LEGO Pieces:  8 cubic feet
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

First LEGO Set:  no idea, but I remember how excited I was
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, and basic 
Favorite Set(s):  ??  8086 crane and front end loader (pneumatic)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Current LEGO Project:  it's a secret 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none, yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, croquet, skiing, reading, long
list snipped here




From: asum@aol.com (Asum)
Date: 10 Jun 1996 21:13:02 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Andrew Summers
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  i never grew up in the first place to
lose it!
Location:  Miami beach Florida
E-mail Address:  asum@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):   

http://sobe.com/sobe/ontown/secret.html
(not a LEGO page,  but pitctures of the cocktails party i host!
check it out and tell me what you think!

Marital Status:  not married....... 
Children:  3 cats
Occupation:  Public Relations, Conceptual Artist, Cocktail Party Host, Man
About Town
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Early 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 57  
# of LEGO Pieces:  have not counted yet
# of LEGOfests Attended:  just my own....do they count?

First LEGO Set:  explorians alein fossilizer
Favorite Theme(s):  paradisa rocks!, explorians, town, ice planet, town...

Favorite Set(s):  sand dollar cafe, but looking for arcade
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): that crazy chef in the sand dollar cafe! 
 
Current LEGO Project: getting a big enough table so that my cats cant mess
up my LEGOS and then starting on the mster plan!!! 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: i was quoted in "Ocean Drive" (fashion Mag
here in glamous South Beach!) magazine  comparing LEGOS to clothing...and
they misspelled LEGO!!!!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  cocktail & lounge music,  conceptual art, 
zodiac, home gizmos, and many things,  movies with crispian glover, 
watching as much tv as i can,  the next space age...and much more

---------------------------------------------------------
marx & nutrasweet & tolstoy & honda & jesus & 3do & plato 
---------------------------------------------------------
 Andrew Summers            	             305.532.7912       
 1308.drexel.206                             asum@aol.com         
 miamibeach.fl.33139                       (hyperrealist)
----------------------------------------------------------
tao & denny's & baudrillard & kmart & buddha & sony & bach
----------------------------------------------------------




From: plomp@together.net (Sander Plomp)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 03:43:26 GMT
Organization: Together Networks

Name: Sander Plomp
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental age/status of inner child: Alternating between 13 and 46. This 
       allows me to go through puberty and mid life crisis at the 
       same time.
Location: Essex Junction, VT, USA
E-mail address: plomp@together.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.together.com/~plomp
Marital status: Married
Children: Cees (4yo), Tim (2yo) and Tara (now 1 month old, conceived
       between diagrams 20 and 21 of the supercar...)
Occupation: Software developer, currently on H4 visum
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995
 
# of sets in LEGO collection: about 3 dozen since rediscovering LEGO, 
       lots of others in childhood.
# of LEGO pieces: I sort the bloody things, but I'm not sad enough to 
       actually count them.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none. If there ever is one nearby I'll be
       there.

First LEGO set: a little red car (a tow truck?). Very long ago...
Favorite theme(s): Technic. Though most of the other stuff looks  
       tempting....
Favorite set(s): 8082 Multi Model Control set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the micromotor
Current project: Make some construction site equipment that can 
       actually move dirt or plow snow, depending on season

Greatest claim to LEGO fame: obscurity is my destiny
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers in general, Space exploration,
       Pratchett, midwifery, and strangely enough, breadmaking.

Sander Plomp                                plomp@together.net




From: schurich@ecn.purdue.edu (Jedi Master)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 96 15:01:14 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

Name: Scott Schuricht (Jedi Master)
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental age/status of inner child: 12 or so
Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA
E-mail address: schurich@ecn.purdue.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://128.46.142.191/lego.htm - LEGO
		       http://128.46.142.191/home.htm - Home
Marital status: Married
Children: One on the way, due on November 5, 1996
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1993
 
# of sets in LEGO collection: About 200
# of LEGO pieces: Not enough. I thought about counting them but hey, I
                  have a life.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet.

First LEGO set: Moon Landing, 565 ?
Favorite theme(s): Town, Train , Boat, Model Team
Favorite set(s): 5990 - Whirl 'n Wheel Supertruck, 4558 - Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't have a preference.
Current project: Starting on a car carrying train flatbed. Inspiration
comes from the Indy Transport set. A train wagon that can hold 4 cars.

Greatest claim to LEGO fame: the "Faces of rtl" on my web page. A place where
    you can see what people from the newsgroup look like. And I need more
    pictures so send them in.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Sci-Fi, reading, biking, bowling,
   sports in general.

(O-)-------------------------------------------------------------------
Scott Schuricht                          schurich@ecn.purdue.edu
Thermal Sciences & Propulsion Center     http://128.46.142.191/
School of Mechanical Engineering         Purdue University

LEGO:TO+++(6335) BO+++(4030) TR+++(4555) #++++ S- LS++ H!? M+
     A++ LM+ YB68m




From: "Steve Gustafson" <gustafso_st@leg.wa.gov>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:17:45 -0700
Organization: Washington State Senate

Name:  Steve Gustafson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  5/1/62
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 13
Location:  Lacey, WA
E-mail Address:  steveg416@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None :(  Although I will be sending pics in to
pause.com
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  none
Occupation:  Systems Analyst (computers)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec, 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 12
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 5,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  Lego bricks when I was 5 (Technics 8880 when I was 32)
Favorite Theme(s):  Technics, Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  8880, 8460, 5591
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Big Tires ;)
Current LEGO Project:  sorting and redistributing into new bins  -- ARGHH!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  MechForce robot soon to appear on pause.com

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Not in any order!  --  AD&D, movies/TV, my
wife - Denise, our cats - Zues, Spot, and Jessie, gardening, driving too
fast, and Karaoke(my wife does this)




From: minxkely@flood.xnet.com (Minx Kelly)
Date: 18 Jul 1996 19:21:32 GMT
Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Minx Kelly, aka Colleen Spengler
Gender:  female
Year of Birth: 1966 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  perpetually 22
Location:  west burbs of chicago
E-mail Address: minxkely@xnet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet
Marital Status:  married/polyamourous
Children:  working on it
Occupation:  author/artist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  not sure, a few years

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  375-400 maybe more
# of LEGO Pieces:  > 270 gallons judging by 16 gallon storage containers
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1, the first

First LEGO Set:  basic sets as a child, 6060 as an adult
Favorite Theme(s):  castle, pirate
Favorite Set(s):  black sea barricuda
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  pirate wench
Current LEGO Project:  resorting my collection after moving in february

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  bring a pg rating to RTL, official pirate 
wench, hosting first legofest, doing lewd things with lego in the name of 
art and freedom

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  paganism, science fiction conventions, 
barbie, bunnies, book collecting, jigsaw puzzles

* Posting this sig is part of my parole agreement
*   Minx Kelly, artist, author, poet, legomaniac
*    at minxkely@xnet.com and less frequently at minx@olimits.com
*   currently suffering from tabularasaphobia
* and roaming where the phosphor winds blow me




From: Justme <justme.@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:23:10 -0700
Organization: Netcom

Name:Grayson DuRaine
Gender:male	
Year of Birth:01-07-78	
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:varies
Location:stockton	
E-mail Address:justme.@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.netcom.com/~justme./lego.html
Marital Status:Single	
Children:None	
Occupation:Student at CSUS
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:6-95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:150-200 approx
# of LEGO Pieces:never enough! :)
# of LEGOfests Attended:0

First LEGO Set:duplo ?
Favorite Theme(s):Technic, Aquazone, Space, Town,
Favorite Set(s):8880 supercar (amazing amount of parts and a cool model)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):large 9v motor
Current LEGO Project:nothing right now, busy with school, never enough 
time. :(

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ???

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Computers, Robotics, (Robot Wars), r/c stuff,
reading,  and it seems like school.




From: Margo Kubiak <mmlk@pubs.ih.att.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 06:56:31 -0500
Organization: bl077313a

Name:  Margo Kubiak
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  8/30/58
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies 8-13 depends on what I'm building.
Location:  Rolling Meadows, IL
E-mail Address: mkubiak@lucent.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None :( 
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  none, just 3 dogs 2 german shepherds, 1 jack russel terrier
Occupation:  Technical Writer w/ Electrical Engineering BS. Degree
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Beginning

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Stopped counting when it got over 400
# of LEGO Pieces:  Don't want to think about it 
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0, was on vacation when Minx had the last one

First LEGO Set:  6080 Kings Castle
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s):  #6075 yellow castle, #6080 Kings Castle, #6067 Tavern
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Forest Wench, Decorated wall pieces
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to organize and pack it so my in-laws
can come and stay to watch the dogs while we go away for a few days.
My LEGO room is the spare bedroom. :^(

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Piece count listings for ALL castle
and pirate sets (except for #6289 which I don't have yet).

Helping Todd set up pirate and castle pages with scans of every set
and minifigure. Hopefully this will be ready soon.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Horses, Sci-Fiction Books, not
                             much time for much else.
-- 
Margo Kubiak mkubiak@lucent.com




From: wbradley@sedona.intel.com (William L. Bradley~)
Date: 19 Jul 1996 15:54:13 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:                              Bill Bradley
Gender:                            Male (do *you* know any women named Bill?)
Year of Birth:                     1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Stuck right at 12-13
Location:                          Chandler, AZ
E-mail Address:                    wbradley@sedona.intel.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):             ...behind a firewall...
Marital Status:                    Married to Holly
Children:                          1 (Michael, 16 months old, big Duplo fan)
Occupation:                        Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            Semi-lurker since a.t.l inception

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      20+ in AZ, 50+ in storage in KY
# of LEGO Pieces:                  5,000 - 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:           0

First LEGO Set:                    #410 Payloader (1973)
Favorite Theme(s):                 Technic Build
Favorite Set(s):                   8880 Super Car           (for complexity)
                                   8868 Pneumatic Claw Rig  (for playability)
                                   8422 Circuit Shock Racer (for appearance)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   The ones I don't have!   :-(
Current LEGO Project:              Saving up to afford the $pace $huttle...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       Traded 3 original castle sets (from 1983)
                                   for lots of late-80s/early-90s Technic

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        Trying to finish my Ph.D.

Advice to TLG-Denmark:             Whatever you're paying the "Technic Build"
                                   designers, it's not enough!  These sets
                                   are awesome!
-- 
Bill Bradley                       |  Arizona Development Center
wbradley@sedona.intel.com          |  Intel Corporation, Chandler Site
"Are your files rm-compatible?"    |  I'm not an Intel spokesperson.




From: ltcgbarel@aol.com (LTC GBarel)
Date: 20 Jul 1996 00:33:20 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Alexis G Barber
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1/10/72
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  same
Location:  southern New England
E-mail Address:  LTC GBarel@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  banking
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  delurked July '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  approx. 25
# of LEGO Pieces:  i wouldn't venture to guess
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  big blocks
Favorite Theme(s):  Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  alternate model #5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  sloping pieces & tires of any size
Current LEGO Project:  Battle Barge (a space vessel of my own design)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  fantasy novels, sci-fi shows & films,
japanimation




From: kjstefan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kevin John Stefan)
Date: 22 Jul 1996 00:11:45 -0600
Organization: The University of Calgary

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name: Kevin Stefan  
Gender:  Male. 
Year of Birth: Very late 1976 (like, within 14 hrs. of 1977) 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  According to my set purchases,
   somewhere in 7-12.
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
E-mail Address: kjstefan@acs.ucalgary.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):
   http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kjstefan/lego.html
   Note: It's not much good yet... I'll get back to y'all when it
   is...
Marital Status:  Not.
Children:  Not.
Occupation:  Civil engineering student.
Preoccupation:  Lego. (What else did you expect?)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Summer 1995. 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  A fair bit. Any volunteers to count?
# of LEGO Pieces:  A metric buttload. (i.e. .98126732 an imperial
    buttload)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None.

First LEGO Set:  Since dark ages: 6957 Solar Snooper (half
   price!)
Last LEGO Set going into Dark Ages: 6276 Eldorado Fortress (I think...)
Favorite Theme(s):  Varies. Currently Space. No, wait. Aquazone. 
   No, wait. Wild West. No, wait... Town. No, wait... (I said it varied)
Favorite Set(s):  Most Of 'Em. 6898 Ice Sat V, 6276, 6350, ...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any classic plain smiley, with hair.
Current LEGO Project:  Finishing a big vehicle, finishing a big
   moonbase, taking pictures of above, putting them on Web site, 
   reviewing more sets, improving Web site,...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Um... Running the RTL Awards?
	Writing the first Lego Purity Test?
	Um...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer stuff, engineering stuff,
book stuff. 




From: fz@ix.netcom.com(Spencer Berrett)
Date: 30 Jul 1996 07:55:32 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name:  Greg Berrett
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  6 to 16 (varies on how happy I am)
Location:  Sandy, Utah
E-mail Address:  fz@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none (yet)
Home Page:  none (yet)
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Movie Buffs Slave/Student (English/Computer Science)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6/96 (post win95)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Roughly...50 or more
# of LEGO Pieces:  Yeah...right...try 10000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None ('nother reason why SLC sucks)
First LEGO Set:  Exxon Gas Station (still have most of the pieces AND 
                 instructions!)
Favorite Theme(s):  Space/Town/Aquazone (and I'm buying TCs cause      
                    they're just so damn weird!)
Favorite Set(s):  The Futuron Monorail/Launch & Load Seaport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I Minifigs
Current LEGO Project:  Debating whether or not to rebel against my     
                       father and claim the basement again and rebuild 
                       my entire town.  Otherwise I'm in a             
                       semi-mini-dark age.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I've had entire basements claimed for    
                              Lego(s) at multiple times.
Dark Ages:  From when I was 16 to 18, now I'm in a psuedo-dark age.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Doctor Who, Books, Writing, Reading, Music




From: ibanmmda@aol.com (Ibanmmda)
Date: 30 Jul 1996 21:33:09 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

Name:  Mike Dombrowski
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 84  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 
Location:  Grosse Pointe Farms MI
E-mail Address:Ibanmmda@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):I forget  
Marital Status:  Child
Children:  none
Occupation:  Full Time Kid
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150  
# of LEGO Pieces:  funny
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-(

First LEGO Set: Some Duplo thing 
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Space, Castle, TC, Wild West
Favorite Set(s):  All of em
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BT1, Majiesto, Dragons all of em
Current LEGO Project:  Setting up my space stationn

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1st place in a local building contest. $20
prize.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Networking, Books, Rock Climbing,
High powered Navy SEAL weapons, Boating, Pets 




From: "Jason Cahill" <jcahill@ics.uci.edu>
Date: 31 Jul 1996 06:17:46 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine

Name: Jason Cahill
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: AGES 5-12 AND NOT MOVING! ;-)
Location:  Lake Forest, California
E-mail Address: jcahill@ics.uci.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): NOT READY YET
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Graduate Student and UC Irvine
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6 / 96 (COOL GROUP)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 200
# of LEGO Pieces:  4 55-gallon drums worth!
# of LEGOfests Attended: zilch :-(

First LEGO Set: Cargo Center (in 1985)
Favorite Themes:  Pirate, Castle, Aquanauts, Wild West
Favorite Set:  Eldorado Fortress
Favorite Minifigure: Captain Red-Beard
Current LEGO Project:  Building THE DEFINITIVE, unofficial LEGO web page

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 25-foot x 4-foot metropolis with high rises,
trains, boats, a full harbor, and hostile terrorists (way back in 1990)!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer Graphics, Digital Video Editing,
Neurological Computer Vision (my graduate research area), Home Theater, and
LaserDiscs!

Desperately seeking set: 6277 - Imperial Trading Post.  Willing to trade
plans (scanned or photocopied) if I cannot buy it.




From: Pooh-bear <sunflowr@cris.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 02:26:53 -0700
Organization: 100 Acre Wood

Name:  Caleb Cook	
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  11/21/73
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: dont't feel old enogh to have one
Location:  Portland, Oregon
E-mail Address:  sunflowr@concentric.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  none
Occupation:  Dockworker
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  mid-July

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  too many to count
# of LEGO Pieces:  don't want to know (because then I would have to
figure out how much money I've put into it)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  what is a legofest?

First LEGO Set:  when I was two
Favorite Theme(s):  Old space up until the Futron guys, original
Blacktron, Fabuland, Spyruis (sp?), Exploriens, Technic.
Favorite Set(s):  Multi-Core Magnatizer 6989, Stellar Reacon Voyager
6956, Deep Freeze Defender 6973, Shuttle Transcon 2 6544, Crystal
Explorer Sub 6175, Saucer Centurian 6939, Robot Command Center 6951,
Monorail Transport Base 6991 and a bunch more I don't even have.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  don't make me list those too...
Current LEGO Project:  The biggest lego spaceship I can make. Currently
over three feet long! Complete with access panels, multiple computer
bunkers/command centers, monstrous thrusters, crystal chamber (for
power), sleeping and med faculities and on and on...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  made a puzzle box for my girlfriend to
crack to get her engagement ring.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: writing, making stuff (non lego), checking
out the internet, reading, going to shows, hang out with my wife, etc.




From: jourbans@indiana.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:14:28 GMT
Organization: Zippo

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Joe Urbanski
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  6
Location:  Bloomington, Indiana
E-mail Address:jourbans@indiana.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Home Page: http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~jourbans/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  05/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25
# of LEGO Pieces:  ???
# of LEGOfests Attended:0

First LEGO Set:  #6931
Favorite Theme(s):  Blacktron II, Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  6988 Alpha Centauri Outpost
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I Minifigs
Current LEGO Project:  Collecting as much BTII as possible
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
Have every BTII released (Okay, I admit, not too impressive)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Music, Computers, Philosophy




From: asrun@iastate.edu ()
Date: 27 Jul 1996 14:34:06 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name: 		Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir
Gender:  	F
Year of Birth: 	22 august 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8-12
Location:   	Ames, Iowa
E-mail Address: asrun @iastate.edu
Marital Status: married, NLS
Children:    	7 year old son, Ulfur, full fledged LEGO maniac
Occupation:  	Research associate in  genetics and endocrinology,
 			currently working with/on jays and penguins
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Found the group last spring to my great delight, 
		lurked  for a while,decloaked for a short time before 
		leaving the country  for 6 months, have been following 
		again since early summer
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  	about 140
# of LEGO Pieces:		one day I will sit down and figure it out
# of LEGOfests Attended:   	0

First LEGO Set: a small town house with car (very early 70s); after
			coming out of Lego Dark ages: Lagoon Lockup    
Favorite Theme(s): diverse:  Castle the absolute favourite, followed by
			Pirates & Aquazone, also a bit into town/trains 
Favorite Set(s):  at the moment: Black Knights Castle, Imperial Trading
		 	Post, Neptune Discovery Lab
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Currently: Pirate wench, forestmen,
			dragons, 
Current LEGO Project:  acquiring old castle sets, planning a LEGO 
			room in the place we just moved to.   

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First person to bring LEGO sets down to a 
		remote Antarctic research base, resulting in an evening 
		of LEGO discussions/reminiscing on the station.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading (nature, sci-fi, fantasy, childrens
		books), Star Trek(TOS, NG, DS9), hiking/camping trips, 
		salmon fishing in a remote Icelandic river (unfortunately 
		only happens every few years)

Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir

Iowa State University
Department of Zoology and Genetics
Science II, room 339
Ames, IA 50011

Phone: (515) 294-7319
Fax:   (515) 294-8457

asrun@iastate.edu




From: Matthew Bates <mbates@brooktree.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 13:10:28 -0500
Organization: Brooktree Corporation

Name: Matthew Bates
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 (and no desire to be a teenager
again)
Location: Austin, Texas
E-mail Address: mbates@brooktree.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot 
Marital Status: Married 
Children: One son, Jack
Occupation: Electronic Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >70
# of LEGO Pieces:  >10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zero

First LEGO Set: Pre-LEGO-dark-ages: No idea, probably a basic set
      Post-LEGO-dark-ages: 735 Advanced Builder Set with Electric System
Favorite Themes: 9V Trains, Town, Technic
Favorite Set:  4563 Euro Freight Line (Load N' Haul Railroad)
Favorite Minifigure: Joe Cool
Current LEGO Project:  

Greatest Claim to Fame: First Website dedicated exclusively to LEGO
Trains (at least I think it is)  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Corrados, Watercolours, Woodwork




From: "Ben Vaughan" <buster@verinet.com>
Date: 26 Sep 1996 06:09:17 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Ben Vaughan
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1970 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Fort Collins, Co.
E-mail Address:  buster@verinet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.verinet.com/~gben/lego.html
Marital Status:  married
Children:  none, but eventually they'll have to get their own LEGO
Occupation:  ISP Tech Support
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  April of 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  105 that I've got boxes for.
# of LEGO Pieces:  12,072 boxed.  (Half that again unboxed)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set:  #455 Space Shuttle
Favorite Theme(s):  Early Space
Favorite Set(s):  Galaxy Explorer, anything pre sub-theme
Current LEGO Project:  To construct an aerodynamically accurate aircraft
with full flaps, 
rudder, and retracting landing gear that will stomp Spyrius and Blacktron
into dust.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Protector of the Explorians.  (at least at my
house) 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Science Fiction, Japanese Anime and
Toys, and being Married.

Ben Vaughan
buster@verinet.com
http://www.verinet.com/~gben/lego.html




From: "Stephen W. Gabriel" <ichmael@concentric.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 22:46:53 -0600
Organization: Concentric Internet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name: Stephen W. Gabriel	
Gender: male
Year of Birth: '62
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Milwaukee, WI
E-mail Address: stephen@gabriel.cncfamily.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.gabriel.cncfamily.com/legos.html
Marital Status: married
Children: one girl, age 18 mo's.
Occupation: Manager of Operations
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+, probably more
# of LEGO Pieces: No time to count them all.
# of LEGOfests Attended: What? Where? When?

First LEGO Set: hmmm! Large preschool bricks in about '66
Favorite Theme(s):pirates(check out my page)
Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Female Pirate
Current LEGO Project: Captain Nemo's Nautilus

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Pirate Wars, the Nautilus

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: In-line skating, kites, computers, my daughter




From: ginnni@pubs25b.ih.att.com (77165g-Meisinger)
Date: 7 Nov 1996 15:26:56 GMT
Organization: AT&T

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:					Virginia Meisinger
Gender: 				F
Year of Birth:				I'm old enough to know better
					  and young enough not to care.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 	8-10
Location: 				Illinois, USA
E-mail Address:				ginnni@pubs.lucent.com
Marital Status: 			M
Children:  				0
Occupation: 				undecided
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 		October 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 		19
# of LEGO Pieces:  			enough for me
# of LEGOfests Attended:		0

First LEGO Set:  			Royal Knight Castle
Favorite Theme(s):  			Castles
Favorite Set(s):  			none
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  	suspension bridge
Current LEGO Project:  			acquisition

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  		huhm...thinking...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
  handcrafts (beading, stained glass, leather, crochet, macrame,
              tatting, embroidery, silk flowers)
  woodworking 
  science fiction
  classical music
  classic rock-n-roll
  sewing (wedding gown specialty)
  computers
  Hallmark ornaments
  publishing (comic books, graphic novels, newsletters)
  house renovation
  "Creepy Hollow" Halloween village
  building my own Christmas village
  antiques
  decorating for holidays
  traveling
  Visiting my husband (he works in West Africa)




From: kdavis@mich.com (Kelly Davis)
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 22:10:12 GMT
Organization: mich.com, Inc. Farmington, MI

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:   Kelly Davis 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  About 12
Location:  Royal Oak, Michigan. USA
E-mail Address: kdavis@mich.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  engaged
Children:  0
Occupation:  database manager  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 96
  
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 20
# of LEGO Pieces:  20 sets worth
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

First LEGO Set: 70's space ship with vehicle inside 
Favorite Theme(s):  town and pirate
Favorite Set(s):  Skulls Eye Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Pirate 'mateys', worker from town
that looks like workers from Mentos commercial. Original smileys. 
Current LEGO Project: making a bigger airport for all my town planes
and jets.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ran a game of lego pirate wars at a
gaming convention and gave everyone there Lego childhood flashbacks! 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Warhammer 40K, Quake, good food and beer,
anime, collection 70's toys (shogun warriors!) and music.




From: Dale Skinner <skinner@math.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 15:14:23 -0800
Organization: University of Washington

Name: Dale Skinner
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 going on 11
Location: Seattle, WA
E-mail Address: skinner@math.washington.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.math.washington.edu/~skinner
Marital Status: Single
Children: God No!
Occupation: Math Grad Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: since it was alt.toys.lego

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 200
# of LEGO Pieces: not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: 105 (from 1975)
Favorite Theme(s): Space,Wild West,Aquazone.Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Fort LEGOREDO, Deep Freeze Defender
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeleton and Blacktron I mini-fig. (tie)
Current LEGO Project: tyring to find something to occupy the time
	until the '97 sets hit the stores.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ???

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: mathematics, computers, star wars, star
	trek, babylon 5.




From: jeffreyj@tek.com (Jeff A Johnson)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:48:40 LOCAL
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Jeff Johnson and son
Gender:  yes
Year of Birth:  1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  
Location: Portland Oregon
E-mail Address:
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  married for the 1st time last year
Children:  son, 4 and a half,  and a girl 1 and a half
Occupation:  Lead person in a ecb plant for Tektronix in Beaverton Or
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: look! i'm sorry i don't count 'em up. Quit 
 ragging on me.
# of LEGO Pieces: buckets and buckets, boxes and boxes, it's a disease.
# of LEGOfests Attended:None, Portland area folks should get together

First LEGO Set:  
Favorite Theme(s):  
Favorite Set(s): Castle  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Porch/lamp posts of coarse and decorated 
 wall pieces. Rope bridges.
Current LEGO Project: Painted plywood base in blue and green to put castle 
 and pirate stuff on.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None, I used to have a life, then I got married.
Now it's just Lego.  Oh, I have a collection of nice old oils in gilt frames,
just can't buy those anymore, so I make do with Lego.  




From: Andrew Maizels <treacle@onaustralia.com.au>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 20:41:38 +1100
Organization: Bell, Tab and Backspace

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name: Andrew Maizels (a.k.a Treacle th' Cat)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 4
Location: Sydney, Australia
E-mail Address: treacle@onaustralia.com.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet.
Marital Status: Single
Children: Nope.
Occupation: Computer things
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just recently

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Haven't counted recently.  120? 150?  There's
  about thirty sets in the spare room that I haven't even *opened* yet.
# of LEGO Pieces: Shudder to think.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.  :-(

First LEGO Set:  Errrm... thats a question about the past, isn't it?
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains
Favorite Set(s):  The "retro" railway station - beautiful detailing!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Princess from the early castle sets.
Current LEGO Project:  Working town with trains and monorails and moving
                       water and lights and lifts and....

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  $1300 in one day (oops!)
(Call it an even K in US play-money.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Anime (Japanese animation), Science Fiction,
                               Dungeons and Dragons, Languages (computer and
                               people types), Sleep (rarely)




From: Mike Kennedy <nologo@iadfw.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 07:55:47 -0800
Organization: INTERNET AMERICA

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Mike Kennedy
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1957
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8...16...32...64
Location:  Dallas, TX
E-mail Address:  nologo@iadfw.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://web2.airmail.net/nologo/toys/lego/index.htm
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none...except myself
Occupation:  training director
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  80+
# of LEGO Pieces:  12,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0 but interested

First LEGO Set:  Moon Walker #6516 (the second time around)
Favorite Theme(s):  Fast becoming Wild West
Favorite Set(s):  Fort LEGOREDO #6769
Favorite Piece(s):  2x4x1: The classic
Favorite Minifigure(s):  Cavalry General
Current LEGO Project:  Developing my Nologo LEGO Website

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  "Name That Brick" and "Brick of the Month" 
features on website.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Website Development, Video Production, Other 
Toys, Star Trek, Sci Fi Television and Movies, Cooking, Art

-- 
Mike Kennedy
nologo@iadfw.net
http://web2.airmail.net/nologo/toys/lego/index.htm




Date: 5 Dec 1996 19:50:52 GMT

Name: Greg Williams
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Atlanta, GA
E-mail Address: gregw@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~gregw/lego.html
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1 daughter, born 5/21/95
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sometime in early 1996 or late 1995, I think

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I should count the number of instructions
I have sometime to see.  Definitely not as many as I'd like.  :-)
# of LEGO Pieces: I'd guess around 10k
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 - Atlanta people want to get together?

First LEGO Set: It was a forklift with a generation 1 red minifig (the
kind with no moving parts and a blank face)
Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone, original space, pirate, castle
Favorite Set(s): Multi-Core Magnetizer, Yellow Castle, Skull's Eye
Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I minifigs, wolfpack
minifigs
Current LEGO Project: Just finished a replica of the Aliens APC,
starting work on the dropship.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Talked to a Lego rep. once...
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (programming, games, just about
anything dealing with them), reading (sf, fantasy, Clancy-like stuff),
movies (just about any kind)




From: hartow@weiss.che.utexas.edu (Wongso Hartono)
Date: 7 Dec 1996 02:50:57 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

Name:                               Wongso Hartono (Lego Maniac)
Gender:                             Male
Year of Birth:                      1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:   8-12
Location:                           Austin,Texas
E-mail Address:                     hartow@weiss.che.utexas.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):              http://weiss.che.utexas.edu/~hartow/
                                           index.html
Marital Status:                     Single
Children:                           None
Occupation:                         Student, Chemical Engineering.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:             December '95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:       about 200
# of LEGO Pieces:                   Never count 
# of LEGOfests Attended:            None, but will be

First LEGO Set:                     Space set (forget the name).
Favorite Theme(s):                  Town, Wild West, Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s):                    Black Seas Barracuda (#6285)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):    Like them all :)
Current LEGO Project:               Try to rebuilt all my Lego Pirate sets.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:        Don't know yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:         Music, movie, eating, sports, etc.




From: cxt217@psu.edu (Cheng Tseng)
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:44:42 GMT
Organization: Dogbert's New Ruling Class

Name:  Cheng Tseng
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  You don't want to know
Location:  University Park, PA
E-mail Address:  cxt217@psu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  9/1/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Never counted
# of LEGO Pieces:  Afraid to count
# of LEGOfests Attended: None

First LEGO Set:  Don't remember
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s):  Still Undecided
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Can decide
Current LEGO Project:  Mech Battalion

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  What, it has to be notable?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, board games, history, military trivia
and Tom Clancy




From: cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net (The Cegorach)
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 15:26:50 GMT
Organization: Para-anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric

Name:  Larry Theden
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Forever Young.... :)
Location:  Cary, NC
E-mail Address: cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet
Marital Status:  Happily married
Children:  2
Occupation:  Restaurant manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  roughly 100
# of LEGO Pieces:  Too darn many to count!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None yet. 

First LEGO Set:  First time around--Knight's Tournament, I think it
   was called; 2nd time around: 6546, Slick Racer 4
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Town
Favorite Set(s):  6546, 6389 (Fire Control Center), anything Blacktron
   (I or II)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I minifigs, both the red
   and white-jumpsuited Octan racers
Current LEGO Project:  Lots of space stuff, including a Space
   Cathedral; also trying to arrange all the sets in my new Lego room.


Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Knights Templar, computers, Aleister
   Crowley/occultism, Pink Floyd
=============================================

Larry Theden   cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net
LEGO: MOC,SP[ex++++c(6938) bt1++++]+++, TO[ra++++(6546)],FS,PA+++ TR>+++
CA,AQ,PI,WW,DU+  #++ S++ LS+ Hal M+ A+++ LM- YB71m
This message does not constitute consent to receive bulk e-mail.




From: Commercial.Emailers@Die.like.pigs (Rickenbacker)
Date: 8 Dec 1996 22:47:25 GMT
Organization: Generic Organization

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name:  Mats "Rickenbacker" Nylund
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Askersund, Sweden
E-mail Address:  opus@mbox300.swipnet.se
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Just me :).
Occupation:  Mushroom delivery guy.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Today.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Space=about 30 
# of LEGO Pieces:  dunno
# of LEGOfests Attended: None

First LEGO Set:  The old taxi-station from 1970-something, with solid 
minifigs.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space. 
Favorite Set(s):  497 Galaxy Explorer, 918 Space Transport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Red Classic Space dude
Current LEGO Project:  None at the moment.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Won a Lego contest in Stockholm once :). 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Photography, Birdwatching.

-- 
<Person in mirror is more close-minded than he/she appears>
Mats Erik Axel Anders Nylund
Rickenbacker (-ri- ~RK^)
Email:     opus@mbox300.swipnet.se*
Homepage:  http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-11503/index.htm




From: Illumnus Froon <illumnus@atlcom.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 23:45:15 -0500
Organization: Inter-Galactic Growth Leadership Enterprises

Name:  K. Taylor AKA Illumnus Froon
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  varies wildly
Location:  Atlanta area, Georgia
E-mail Address: illumnus@atlcom.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not a LEGO page, but:
		http://www.atlcom.net/~illumnus/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Computer Person, various contracting positions
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Just now, but also was on last year,
	under MarKran798@aol.com...  if anyone recalls.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of LEGO Pieces:  25000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set:  "Space Shuttle," little two-steering-wheeled grey
	Classic Space set... number unknown.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s):  Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Love Blacktron I minifigs, they are
	the mysterious "men in black" in my little world.
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to finish out 1996 model year buying
	before huge 1997 model year hits me in face.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Keeping all pieces and instructions, even
	during my "Dark Ages".

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Metaphysics, Duke Nukem level building,
	Discordianism, science fiction, RPG's, writing.




From: rtelgars@NMSU.EDU (Rastislav J. Telgarsky)
Date: 8 Dec 1996 06:32:46 GMT
Organization: Mathematical Sciences

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)

Name: Matus Telgarsky  
Gender: MAle 
Year of Birth: 1981 (dec.) 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Most people say I act 16. 
Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA 
E-mail Address:rtelgars@math.nmsu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): None (there will be...) 
Marital Status: None 
Children: None 
Occupation: School, City Orchestra 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Circa 320 
# of LEGO Pieces:  About 35,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

First LEGO Set: Galaxy Commander (#6980) 
Favorite Theme(s): Space   
Favorite Set(s): Blacktron1 MEssage Intercept Base (#6987 I think) 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): red, black, and blue Futuron
minifigs, BT1 Minifigs 
Current LEGO Project: A large space colony to be raided by my
BT1  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A four-legged Troup carrier with
2 joints plus 100 degree rotation in each leg, Some lego mechs. 
My 8-winged star fighter thingy (I gotta get a picture up 
somewhere)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
Violin, Linux and x-windows  




From: fmdesignpe@aol.com (FMDesignPE)
Date: 1 Jan 1997 19:43:57 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Paul Evans
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  64
Location:  Chicago
E-mail Address:  FMDesignPE@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  happily
Children:  not yet
Occupation:  product designer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  sometime in 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30-40
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended:  1 (at Minx's house, 1995?)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  ancient Basic set, 60's
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8660(?) Arctic Rescue
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the differential gear
Set/theme you would like to see:  walkers
Current LEGO Project:  steerable walker, automatic transmission

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  the 'surfex' files showing instructions for
building a small, steerable Technic vehicle using one motor.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  furniture design, concertina, fiction

Paul Evans in Chicago  "Wisdom is an abomination to them that feareth
FMDesignPE@aol.com      favor of the fool shall fall himself." - Dog-Matic




From: Jason Petrasich <brenton@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 21:49:37 -0800
Organization: A customer of Pacific Bell Internet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Jason Petrasich
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Irvine, CA
E-mail Address: brenton@pacbell.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet :)
Marital Status: Separated
Children: 1, Brenton--age 2 1/2
Occupation: Physician Billing Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 11/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: +/- 175
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12
# of LEGO Pieces: don't know, but always stepping on them
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 644 Tipper Truck (still have set and instructions)
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Town, Western, Town
Favorite Set(s): 6390 Main Street (with the used car dealer!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Used Car Salesman
Set/theme you would like to see: REAL Town sets
Current LEGO Project: collecting after an adolescent absence

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I Love Town

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Huh?




From: wknauer330@aol.com
Date: 2 Jan 1997 06:26:33 GMT
Organization: AOL Bertelsmann Online GmbH & Co. KG http://www.germany.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Walter Knauer
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1957
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 12
Location:  Kamen, Germany
E-mail Address: WKnauer330@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  married
Children:  2
Occupation:  teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  3/1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: opened the last one yesterday
# of LEGO Pieces:  a great bunch of it!
# of LEGOfests Attended: zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: zero

First LEGO Set:  1960s basic sets
Favorite Theme(s):  Technics, Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  Technic Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  anything concerned with pneumatics
Set/theme you would like to see: ???
Current LEGO Project:  a giant wheel like on the fairgrounds; it works!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  ---

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  music, computer

Greetings,
Walter




From: Amos & Julie Avery <weekler@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 22:28:30 -0800
Organization: GTE Intelligent Network Services, GTE INS

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
 
Name:	Amos E. Avery
Gender:	Male
Year of Birth:	1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	7-12
Location:	Glendora, California, USA
E-mail Address:	weekler@gte.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:	happily married
Children:	3 wonderful goyls
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineer (Imagineer)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:	1995
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:	112
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	16
# of LEGO Pieces:	8000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:	0 (tell me where and I'll go)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:	0 (Carlsbad is 70 miles from me, hmm)

First LEGO Set:	My uncle had a huge box of basic 1970's Lego that was
mine whenever I went to grandma's house
Favorite Theme(s):	Pirates
Favorite Set(s):	Skulls Eye Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):	monkey
Set/theme you would like to see:	Steam Locomotive for Wild West theme
Current LEGO Project:	Animated bird wings (for work)
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:	Convincing my boss to buy Technic sets for
 the department
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:	My girls and inventing things

Lego(R) all day makes work seem like play!




From: lewval3@atl.mindspring.com (G. Lewis Valentine III)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 15:04:03 GMT
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.

Name:  Lewis Valentine
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Atlanta, Georgia
E-mail Address: lewval3@gtalumni.org
LEGO URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~lewval3/pages/lvlgo.htm
Home page URL(s):  http://www.mindspring.com/~lewval3/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Non
Occupation:  Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (I usually can't wait to open
them)
# of LEGO Pieces:  a lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Basic set in 1975, it had 527 pieces
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Train
Favorite Set(s):  technic
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1x's 
Set/theme you would like to see: Lego Steam Locomotive for Wild West 
Lego Sky Scraper. (I know it would be expensive but sell them in
peices, First set the first floor and roof w/ elevator, other sets in
between floors) 
Current LEGO Project:  Trailer for my areo truck

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  - 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, girlfreind (for my own
safety), Church and related functions.

--
Lewis Valentine            "Give me a Bible and a candle and shut me
lewval3@gtalumni.org    up in a dungeon and I will tell you what
                                    the world is doing."   -   Cecil Dichard

http://www.atl.mindspring.com/~lewval3/index.htm

LEGO: FS,SP,CA,PI+ TO,BO++ TR,TC+++ MOC++++ #++ S- CS--/+ Hsv A@ YB71M




From: Finn Jorrald <joerrald@post3.tele.dk>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 18:56:54 +0100

Name: Finn Joerrald
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1953
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: According to my wife around 10 - but 
then I have long arms
Location: Denmark
E-mail Address: joerrald@post3.tele.dk
LEGO/home page URL(s): none - I haven't got the slightest idea how to 
make one
Marital Status: Same wife for 23 years and she is still around
Children: One - she is now 17 
Occupation: Planning Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 3. Billund, Windsor and the old one in 
Northern Germany

First LEGO Set: It was a garage with one or two VW bus in diecast metal 
- the year was probably 1963
Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland
Favorite Set(s): 8299
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): At the moment it is the CD-ROM
Set/theme you would like to see: RC airplane in TECHNIC
Current LEGO Project: None

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: not really any

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Biking -




From: bloss@enter.net (Karl F. Bloss)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 17:59:57 GMT
Organization: ENTER.NET

Name:  Karl Bloss
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  30 when working, 12 when
 playing with Lego Trains
Location:  Trexlertown, PA, USA  (near Allentown)
E-mail Address: bloss@enter.net
Marital Status:  Married (happily so)
Children:  1, but stillborn
Occupation:  Chemical engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~20, but few are still complete
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (but it's only 9V track)
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea, but it's a crate full
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark)

First LEGO Set:  4.5V train set with tender 
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains
Favorite Set(s):  Freight & Crane RR
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Captain Redbeard...cause he 
ooks like me, but I don't have him.
Set/theme you would like to see:  More trains for '97
Current LEGO Project:  Combining my 12V trains with the new 9V 
my wife got me for Christmas on a platform in the basement

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  HO Trains, sailing, skiing, shooting
(see http://www.enter.net/~bloss)

+=================================+
| Karl and Kristina Bloss         |
| bloss@enter.net                 |
| http://www.enter.net/~bloss     |
| <PGP encrypted mail preferred>  |
+=================================+




From: grits@ucla.edu (Elizabeth Adams)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 10:47:54 -0700
Organization: UCLA

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
 
Name: Elizabeth Adams  
Gender: F 
Year of Birth: 1968  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8  
Location: Los Angeles  
E-mail Address: grits@ucla.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): shamefully my URLs devoted to other topics  
Marital Status: somewhat :)  
Children: 0  
Occupation: PhD candidate/ESL teacher/Teaching Assistant  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ? and I'm not going to go count  
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 but awaiting Carlsbad

First LEGO Set: King Kahuka  
Favorite Theme(s): Islanders, Pirate, Train, Town 
Favorite Set(s): 4559 Cargo Railway  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): "The Shovel Queen" aka the babe from the
                                 River Raft Set  
Set/theme you would like to see: Old fashioned (1920s or older) train  
Current LEGO Project: The Islander Railway  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Work near the best Lego Pic n' Sav ever  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: English Soccer, Storytelling, Animation, Las
			Vegas, Dogs




From: cfjbb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (John Best)
Organization: Eastern Illinois University
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:20:41 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: John Best  
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I never know how to respond to this...  
Location:  Tuscola, IL  
E-mail Address: cfjbb@eiu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): don't have one  
Marital Status: married 
Children:  2, Frank, almost 20--never particulary into Lego, and Matthew, 
lmost 8--Lego is among his favorite toys
Occupation: college professor  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: I think I started reading r.t.l in January 1993  
Could that be right?.  Whenever it was, there were still a lot of "so this is 
rtl" type posts  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 112 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Just one (and that's only until Matt's 
birthday in two days
# of LEGO Pieces: 12,382 (more or less--that's the number I get from my data 
base)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: I never had Lego as a child.  We had a basic set for Frank 
(this would have been around 81 or so--it had 3 "maxi-figures".  Matt's actual 
first Lego set was a B2 set called Grid Trekkor--which we acquired courtesy of 
his grandmother in December 92
FavoriteTheme(s):  I like Castle and Space.  Matthew likes Town, Wild West, 
Divers
Favorite Set(s): I like the set we have most recently built--whatever it may 
be.  I don't really have a permanent favorite.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I don't know if I have favorite pieces 
exactly, although slopes and reverse slopes are fun to build with.  Of the 
minifigs--gee, I really like the exploriens guys; I like Wolfpack, and oh, 
here's one: I think B2 guys are really cool.  I don't know about Matt's 
minifig preferences

Set/theme you would like to see:  For me, I'm just having fun seeing where 
they take the current themes.  Matthew would love to see Star Wars themes, and 
more specific military themes
Current LEGO Project:  I built a "flying saucer" and Matt and I are 
re-enacting scenes from the movie Independence Day.  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Well, I can't make any claims.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  I like reading about military history, and 
playing historically-oriented board wargames.  Matt has a lot of non-Lego 
interests; most of them are typical for an 8 year old.  




From: steven warren pearce <spearce@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:23:09 -0600
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
 
Name:  William J Michael  
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 
Location:  Oglesby, IL
E-mail Address: wmichael@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  nope
Marital Status:  nope
Children:  nope
Occupation:  student (ain't it great)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  9/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  122  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (the way it oughta be)
# of LEGO Pieces: 14,715      #of Mini-figs:  285 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  It was a police motorcycle with two people, the ones 
with the big heads, it was like LEGO model #192 but I remember a sidecar 
and only two Policeman.
Favorite Theme(s):None Really
Favorite Set(s):  Starfleet Voyager
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Captain Redbeard
Set/theme you would like to see:  Some Farm Stuff
Current LEGO Project:  None

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I cleaned and counted nearly my entire 
collection in 1995 while recovering from serious Illness, I can tell with 
almost absolute certainty that "Legos saved my life..."

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Star Trek, Women (in that order)




From: mbid@ix.netcom.com(Melinda Biddle)
Date: 3 Jan 1997 00:23:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name: Melinda Biddle  
Gender:  Wench
Year of Birth: 1958  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I hated adolescence, but I never    
                                     left it.  
Location: Haverford, PA (outside Phila.)
E-mail Address: mbid@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: Married  
Children: 3 -  girl 13, boy 11, boy 7
Occupation:  Counselor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Afraid to count, maybe 200   
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 35
# of LEGO Pieces: Your guess?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Knight's Challenge 
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates, Wild West
Favorite Set(s):  Eldorado Fortress  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love the new witch! 
Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West Saloon w/ barmaids,        
                                  Gold-mine    
Current LEGO Project: Setting up our WW "environment"  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still working on it...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Skiing, mtn biking, collecting glass
beads, reading, roaming antique flea markets




From: "Michael R. Bastian" <michaelb@cs.byu.edu>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:23:22 -0700
Organization: Image Understanding Laboratory - Brigham Young University

Name:  Michael R. Bastian
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Orem, Utah
E-mail Address:  michaelb@cs.byu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://iul.cs.byu.edu/bastian/mike.html
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  One due late March/early April
Occupation:  Graduate Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  Zero
# of LEGO Pieces:  Unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None

First LEGO Set:  Don't know number, but it was a front-end loader. 
Really small.
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquazone, Divers, Wild West, Classic Space
Favorite Set(s):  Shark Cage Cove
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Thresher (the Aquashark with the
glowing hook-hand)
Set/theme you would like to see:  Underwater Aliens
Current LEGO Project:  Collecting the new Divers and Aquaraiders sets

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I posted late in 1995 that I would like to
see sting-rays, better underwater plants and shipwreck sets.  Believe
me, LEGO listens.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Science Fiction, Fantasy,
Dungeons and Dragons (Advanced, World of Greyhawk), Mathematics,
Physics, Astronomy, Scuba Diving, Sailing

-- 
Michael R. Bastian
Image Understanding Laboratory
Brigham Young University
Web:    http://iul.cs.byu.edu/bastian/mike.html
Phone:	(801) 378-4009 or (801) 378-3687




From: dblake@triton.net
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 14:01:06 -0600
Organization: Deja News Usenet Posting Service

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Dave Blakeslee	
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I don't know! Silly question!
Location: Wyoming, MI
E-mail Address: dblake@triton.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4, 3 boys, 1 girl
Occupation: Social work
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late November 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ (mostly belonging to my kids)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 8 (all for possible trade or sale)
# of LEGO Pieces: good grief...I don't have the slightest idea.
# of LEGOfests Attended: Never heard of such a thing.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, but my dad has visited the LEGO "citadel" 
in Denmark

First LEGO Set: Our oldest is a BT2 Grid Trekkor, I think.
Favorite Theme(s): Space (Spyrius), AquaZone, Time Cruisers :o) (really!)
Favorite Set(s): RoboGuardian, Saucer Centurion
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 1 MIB, Punky the Monkey, 
Spyrius Droid
Set/theme you would like to see: Robot Assembly Factory (RoboForce base?)
Current LEGO Project: Finding room to play and display what we've got

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Striking upon a haul of LEGO dating from 
1992-3 at my place of employment, incl. 2 Load N' Haul RRs and over 30 other 
sets (previously inventoried on r.t.l.)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Phil Keaggy, contemplative Christianity, 
literature, family




From: Rick & Wendy Walter <rwalter@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 16:53:18 -0500
Organization: BrightNet Ohio

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Wendy Walter
Gender: Female
Year of Birth 1961:
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Prepubescent
Location:Findlay Ohio USA
E-mail Address:rwalter@bright.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):not yet
Marital Status: happily
Children: 3
Occupation: Respiratory Care Practioner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Sept 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:20(100)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Nine they've all been played with
# of LEGO Pieces: not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended:none yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none yet

First LEGO Set:Ummm for myself  the little aquanaut vehicle
Favorite Theme(s) Exploriens Aquazone divers robo(so far):
Favorite Set(s):don't know
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Aquazone octagonal tubes/Pollux and
castor the Exploriens twins
Set/theme you would like to see:More Exploriens or Alternate
instructions for the 2151 roboforce scorpion ship
Current LEGO Project:Finishing the Neptune Discovery Lab{Finished as
of 1/4/97} then buying
more legos--Looking forward to building all the stuff I bought from
Todd

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Best Lego Aunt ever--according to my
nephew Matt When we put the Crystal discover sub together

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:reading mysteries, making teddie bears
Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances.




From: Gail Meagher <685721@ican.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:42:30 -0800
Organization: Lost in the fog

Name: Gail Meagher
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 / I want some snow to go play in :)
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 
E-mail Address: 685721@ican.net, sometimes gmeagher@physics.ubc.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: long distance SO
Children: nope
Occupation: grad student in physics
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: (A.T.L) early 1993 (before late march)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 610
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 205 (many polybags and acessory packs)
     I'm surprised it's this high, but I just counted them.
# of LEGO Pieces: ~80,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: basic set in early 70's.  Post dark ages 6237 Pirate's Plunder.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Train, most of the others.
Favorite Set(s): 693 Homemaker piano
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 red brick, minifig smiley face with
     freckles
Set/theme you would like to see: winter town sets to go with the snowmobile,
     such as skis, skates, ice fishing, and a snow plow piece for the train.
Current LEGO Project: Ski hill

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Moved away from what might be the greatest
     used LEGO find ever, made by Robin in Vancouver.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Skiing, sailing, RPG (WFRP), finding things I'm
     not allegic to, sewing, my thesis :(. 

-- 
Gail Meagher
LEGO: PI+++(6286) TR+++(4563) HM++(693) MOC++ 
  #+++++ S+ LS++ Hal M+ A++ LM- YB67f




From: kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu (Kimberly Anne Marie)
Date: 4 Jan 1997 07:34:02 GMT
Organization: Kim's Mad Scientist Genetic Breeding Grounds and Lab

Name: Kimberly Anne Marie Makouski Rowan-Leigh
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Confused
Location:  Kalamazoo, Michigan
E-mail Address: kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None, thank you very much
Occupation:  Nothing I would like to admit right now, but I am certified 
             as a veterinary technician and a pharmacy technician and 
             would like to find a new job in these fields
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  June 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  something between 50 and 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 10 (they are in a currently 
                                  unreachable box in the bottom of my closet
# of LEGO Pieces:  ...uhhhh....some number larger than 12
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: I don't know, at seven you don't remember set numbers, 
                and Lego (like my dollhouse) was one of those thing my 
                grandmother found a new home for when I "was too old for 
                that 'stuff'" (without my permission I might add)
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Islanders
Favorite Set(s):  Forestmen (not that I have any)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  hmmm...I guess the dragons and the 
                                  full saddles
Set/theme you would like to see: buildings in enormous trees like the 
                                 vallenwoods from Dragonlance and ekele 
                                 from the Velgarth books 
Current LEGO Project:  to acquire enough animals for my menagerie/zoo

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The closest I can think of (and it's more 
    like infamous) is that my roommate and I made up a Lego story while I 
    was building #6278 Enchanted Island and he thought it was amusing 
    enough that he posted it here and instead of getting replies that 
    said "I don't like this story", he was accused of being a troll.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  reading (mostly fantasy), cross-stitch, 
                             carousels, chinchillas, being a Girl Scout 
                             leader
--
 kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu  I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your
   Kimberly  Anne Marie      presence if you would agree to treat gravity as
   Makouski Rowan-Leigh      a law, rather than one of a number of suggested
 send me koosas!  and Lego!  options. (no junk mail!) (Barnabus to Delirium)




From: kilaras@worldnet.att.net (Tony Kilaras)
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 05:43:18 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Name: Tony Kilaras
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1973  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Sold him for Lego.
Location: New York City (Queens)
E-mail Address: kilaras@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): 0
Marital Status: Single
Children: Bite your tongue
Occupation:  Government Tax Auditor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Billions and billions
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: You count it and let me know.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Engine Co. #9.
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train/Boats.
Favorite Set(s):  Cargo Center.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All those great new pre-fab highly specialized
	  		          pieces. :(
Set/theme you would like to see: The return of Town. 
Current LEGO Project: I'm building a radio transmitter to communicate with Lego
		           lovers who live in other galaxies dude.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Mandroid called me the greatest prevaceur (sp?)
			           and most foul-mouthed member of RTL! Does
			            that count?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Life, nudity and the pursuit of happiness.




From: "Jason S. Mantor" <Jason@RTL-Bricks.com>
Date: 3 Jan 1997 16:55:14 GMT
Organization: AlbanyNet - E-mail info@albany.net

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Jason S. Mantor  
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1972 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 ?  
Location:  Upstate NY, USA
E-mail Address:  Jason@RTL-Bricks.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.rtl-bricks.com 
Marital Status: Happily 
Children: Not for a while
Occupation: Research & Development Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1992

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 40 Gallons
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 : (
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 : (

First LEGO Set:  unsure
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains, Space, Pirates 
Favorite Set(s):  8880, 8870, 8860, 956
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Six Shooters
Set/theme you would like to see:  Minifig scale Aircraft Carrier
Current LEGO Project:  Raytracing Instruction Booklets

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
  I was mentioned in LEGO(R)'s Internal Newsletter : )
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
  Boating, Autocrossing, Engines




From: Christian Clemmensen <tyderian@selway.umt.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:08:55 -0700
Organization: University of Montana

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
      
Name:  Christian Clemmensen
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1975 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Changes with the seasons
Location:  Missoula, Montana (yes! another Missoulian on RTL!)
E-mail Address: tyderian@selway.umt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.filmtracks.com (sorry, not lego...)
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  Web Consultant for the University of Montana
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  11/96
      
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  A large moving box of goodies
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
      
First LEGO Set:  The Shell Gas Station (no idea what # that is)
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): The original airport --crash landings were the norm
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2x4 bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars
Current LEGO Project:  collecting as many red & white 2x4s as possible
      
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  a 5-foot Imperial Star Destroyer made from 
      			entirely 2x4s...
      
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Film soundtracks, George Carlin, snowballs, 
	       		     and throwing things from atop tall buildings




From: Defender <defender@orangecity.ia.frontiercomm.net>
Date: 3 Jan 1997 18:30:18 GMT
Organization: Internet Services Provider Network

Name:				    Defender 
				    (I'm kinda hesitant to use
				    my real name over the internet)  
Gender:.............................Male  
Year of Birth:......................1977  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:...10  
Location:...........................Orange City, IA  
E-mail Address:...............defender@orangecity.ia.frontiercomm.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):..............None  
Marital Status:.....................Soon to be engaged :)  
Children:...........................None  
Occupation:.........................College Student  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:.............September '96  
 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:.......30  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:...0
# of LEGO Pieces:...................?
# of LEGOfests Attended:............0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:......0
 
First LEGO Set:.....................Royal King   
Favorite Theme(s):..................Castle 
Favorite Set(s):....................Fire Breathing Fortress, 
				    or Royal Knights Castle  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):....My Wolfpack mini-fig with the eye
				    patch  
Set/theme you would like to see:....Wolfpack returned! 

Current LEGO Project:...............I'm going to be a special ed. 
				    teacher soon, so I'm trying to 
				    set up a battle in a display case
				    between the Royal Knights and
				    the Dragon Masters for inside the 
				    classroom.  The Wolfpack
				    are a menace to both. :)  
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:........None that I know of
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:.........my girlfriend, music (heavy metal),
				    watching college sports (mainly 
				    bball and football), partying
				    occasionaly, and praising my Lord
				    and Savior Jesus Christ!  




From: shewolfn@aol.com
Date: 3 Jan 1997 19:35:42 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Julia L. Mack
Gender: F
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Whose got time to be a child...too
busy being Mom
Location:  Bolingbrook, IL
E-mail Address: SHEWOLFN@aol.com, SHEWOLFN@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): Official Lego Page #38136 ....son Kyle's
Marital Status:  M....Divorced if my husband finds all of the Lego I've
bought!!
Children:  3
Occupation: Mom 4 now 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:Most of them
# of LEGO Pieces:  Couldn't even imagine
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: #588 Police Headquarters 
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  Haven't decided yet....they're mostly unopened.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifig that came in the new '97
Freestyle bucket 
Set/theme you would like to see: 
Current LEGO Project: Opening the boxes.....teehee 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  ??????

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Photo Albums, cross stitching, ZORK, camping




From: Bo Williams <xwrwillia@ingr.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 13:52:06 -0600
Organization: Intergraph Corporation

Name:  Bo Williams
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1971
Status of Inner Child:  Healthy, content
Location:  Huntsville, AL
E-mail Address:  wrwillia@ingr.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Engaged
Children:  None
Occupation:  Technical writer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  October 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  150+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  30,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Two small Expert Builder sets
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  Super Car, Whirl 'N' Wheel, Technic 9V motor
Favorite Piece(s):  Super Car differentials, Model Team windshields 
Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team desert dump truck with
	HUGE all-terrain tires
Current LEGO Project:  None, waiting for a really good idea

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built my father a Lego centrifuge for his
	Halloween costume last year (he went as Mr. Wizard)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Tropical fish, classic cars, reading
-- 
Bo Williams - wrwillia@ingr.com
Not speaking for Intergraph Corporation.
To send me email, please remove the "x" from my address.




From: ghidorah@cris.com (polq)
Date: 3 Jan 1997 20:56:07 GMT
Organization: Your Organization

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Paul Queitsch 
Gender:M  
Year of Birth:1957  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12?  
Location:Churubusco,Indiana  
E-mail Address:ghidorah@cris.com (yes as in the three headed monster)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  N/A
Marital Status:Married 18 Yrs.  
Children:3, 1 boy(9) 2 girls (8),(1.4)  
Occupation:Broadcast Engineer  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:12-96  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:12  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:3000?  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:Unknown  
Favorite Theme(s):Space/Exploriens  
Favorite Set(s):Explorien Starship 6982  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):I'll answer this when I have some more  
Set/theme you would like to see:    "
Current LEGO Project:Make more money / Buy more kits  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none...yet  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:I collect hobbies, ie; model rockets, computer,
fly fishing/fly tying, learning New Testament Greek, science fiction,
The New Red Green Show!...Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati!!  
Singing Barbershop style! I'm going on a retreat tonight
to get ready for the spring concert. I wonder if I should bring some Legos...

Paul Queitsch
ghidorah@cris.com




From: Mookie@execpc.com (Mookie)
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 04:05:40 GMT
Organization: Exec-PC BBS Internet - Milwaukee, WI

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Tamyra (Tamy)
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth: 1963 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  @12
Location:  Close to Milwaukee, WI.
E-mail Address: Mookie@execpc.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.execpc.com/~mookie/lego.html
Marital Status:  Single and loving it!
Children:  3- 2 cats, 1 dog  3- Jon 12, Monica 10, Christopher 5. Only my
ex-girlfriend has them now.
Occupation:  Pee-on and Student  (Microcomputer Specialist)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  412+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40+
# of LEGO Pieces:  Be my guest!
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: <phhhhtttt> to anyone that can put a #
higher than 0 here.

First LEGO Set:  105, 110, 115 basic sets and 555 hospital
Favorite Theme(s):  CASTLE! Pirates, WW!, Explorians
Favorite Set(s):  6048, Fort Legoredo
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Explorian on the Hovertron, Commander in
6263 Pirate Wench <if I had one>
Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West Steam Train,  More cowboys, More
small boats in Pirates, Brown 1x1 rounds. 
Current LEGO Project:  Rebuilding my fort I had when younger. Where in the
h*ll did I get all those walls when I was little.. and WHERE DID THEY GO?

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Looking for a new one!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Reading, Indigo Girls Music,
Collecting USA Stamps, Motorcycles, Bargin hunting! Repairing/Building
Computers. and many many other things, too much to mention.

Mookie@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~mookie/index.html

Lego Code: V2.0
MOC++++ CA++++(6080)[dm++++(6048) bk(6009),df(6079)+++]
PI+++(6270)[ig++(6271)is+(6256)] WW++++c(6716) TR, AQ++
SP[ex+++c] #+++++ S- LS++ Hal M+ A+ LM- YB63f IC87f 




From: billk@sr.hp.com (Bill Katz)
Date: 4 Jan 1997 08:52:25 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Bill Katz
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Varies, my wife claims its going down
Location:  San Rafael, CA
E-mail Address: billk@sr.hp.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  M
Children:  1 (Jennifer, born 4/94), another due mid-February
Occupation:  Electrical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  9/94

Post dark age totals:
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 274+  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40
# of LEGO Pieces:  77,000 +
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:  A glued together house my Dad got when his store signed
on with Lego when Samsonite fist opened its doors
Favorite Theme(s):  technic, space  I also collect pirates, castle, 
aquazone, and to a lesser extent town if I like the set.
Favorite Set(s):  8868, 8880, 6989, 6973.  I have 8460 on order, and
expect it and 8480 will join the list when I buy them.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Remote Control car piece from ~1971
Set/theme you would like to see: 
Current LEGO Project:  Keeping my database up to date, searching for bargains.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Have all my original Samsonite sets, boxes,
instructions and catalogs from when I was a kid.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
Bicycling (I finished all 5 passes of the Death Ride in 1996)
Wine (Living in Sonoma County, the appreciation of good wine is required)
Auto Racing (I own a Formula Ford, but it hasn't moved in 5 years)
My daughter  ("I like to play with Daddy's toys")
Electronics/Computers (Designing hardware for a living makes one less likely
			to want to design electronics for a hobby)




From: One of us Cobbs <cobbfam@netsync.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 10:51:53 -0500
Organization: Cobb Family

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Evan Matthew Cobb
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Perfectly Intact
Location: Fredonia, NY
E-Mail Address: cobb1390@fredonia.edu
LEGO/Homepage URL: http://www.netsync.net/users/cobbfam/evan/
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: Far more than I will ever come to know
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Camoflaged Outpost
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Black Falcon's Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Dragons, Ghosts
Set/theme you would like to see: A large castle ship, like a Viking
Knarr; an Egyptian theme
Current LEGO Project: none

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creating a fictional world setting for all
Castle/Pirate sets; establishing a language for the fictional peoples
thereof.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Baroque Music (and Punk, too),
Writing, Foreign languages

Evan Matthew Cobb
-- 
The Cobb Family
cobbfam@netsync.net
http://www.netsync.net/users/cobbfam




From: Wendy Browne <wendyb@thegrid.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 16:38:43 +0000
Organization: Call America Internet Services  +1 (805) 541 6316

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Wendy Browne
Gender:  Female (last time I checked!)
Year of Birth:  before Vietnam
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14 
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
E-mail Address: wendyb@thegrid.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  between husbands
Children:  one beautiful 7 yr old LEGO manic!
Occupation: paper mover- moving paper from one spot to another
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  7-95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  lots!!
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none! You mean people do this??
# Of LEGO Pieces:  mega lots!!
# Of LEGOfests Attended: not YET!
# Of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none YET! Lets have a party at Carlsbad
when it opens!

First LEGO Set:  little backhoe
Favorite Theme(s):  town
Favorite Set(s):  Black Seas Barracuda.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate Babe , Amazing Cleavage woman.  
Set/theme you would like to see: Looking forward to Indians ;)
Current LEGO Project:  finding instruction for set #6956

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Damn the instructions for BSB had 2 pages
missing. That was a challenge!!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My health issues, Macintosh, playing with my
son. Not necessarily in that order.

-- 
Wendy
"Friend of Bill W."
We do Mouse Calls in San Luis Obispo.




From: "Gary Ritchie" <Gary_T_Ritchie@msn.com>
Date: 4 Jan 1997 17:32:09 GMT
Organization: Synapse Publishing Inc.

Name:  Gary Ritchie
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Canada
E-mail Address:  gary.ritchie@wepublish.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none (yet)
Marital Status:  M
Children:  none
Occupation:  programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~140
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  82
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~35,000 (wild guess)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Don't know, ~1974
Favorite Theme(s):  trains
Favorite Set(s):  all of them, really
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  no favourites
Set/theme you would like to see: Would like LEGO to provide a CD-ROM based
database of all sets ever produced, making my database project unnecessary.
Current LEGO Project:  Compiling yet-another-LEGO-set-database (currently
at 1188 entries, before adding any 1997 sets).  Soon to be available on WWW
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  




From: "George M. Sikora" <g.sikora@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 4 Jan 1997 23:29:40 GMT
Organization: KCS Enterprise

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
 
Name:  George M Sikora
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1946
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Houston Texas
E-mail Address:    g.sikora@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):   none yet  but wanting one
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  4   2 -boys  2 girls  Oldest 30 youngest 4
Occupation:   Adminstrative management small holding company
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  new - first time

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  		200 +
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	20+/-
# of LEGO Pieces:  	53,600 +
# of LEGOfests Attended:	none	
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  1 Bilund Denmark 1993

First LEGO Set:   # 6345 Ariel Acrobats (this time around)
Favorite Theme(s):   Town / Trains
Favorite Set(s):  not sure
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   not sure
Set/theme you would like to see: 	More Town ie buildings.......  Computer
	design program
Current LEGO Project:  	Redoing my town layout-  covers in excess of  250
	square feet
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Size of layout.... with wife's agreement
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computer programming and system support..... 




From: PatMcK@pacbell.net (Patrick McKinnion)
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 15:33:12 -0800
Organization: Rhiannon Productions

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Patrick McKinnion
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ??
Location:  San Marcos, California
E-mail Address:   PatMcK@pacbell.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not at present time
Marital Status:  Single, (for now)
Children:  0
Occupation:  Data Specialist.  Also p/t college student, (Psychology)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  2000+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:   0
# of LEGO Pieces:  diety only knows
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   None yet.  I live 25 miles from the site
of Legoland-Carlsbad

First LEGO Set:  ???
Favorite Theme(s):  Divers, Wild West, Aquazone, Pirates, Space, Castle,
Time Travelers.
Favorite Set(s):  Currently it's the Patriot Jet
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  ???
Set/theme you would like to see:  Victorian
Current LEGO Project:   Kicking around a Lego replica of Babylon 5

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  my "dead Tim" minifig

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Horses, books, Macintosh programming and support.

-- 
<*>   SP2
- Brought to you by "Ouchies": The sharp, prickly toy you bathe with.....




From: Robert Lian <ralian@mosquito.com>
Date: 5 Jan 1997 00:30:39 GMT
Organization: Mosquito Net, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Robert Lian (Bob will do)  
Gender:Guy 
Year of Birth:1953 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:16 
Location:Southern New Jersey 
E-mail Address:rlian@motown.lmco.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:22 years 5 months 
Children:just me! 
Occupation:Chemical Engineer  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:about 10/94  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 19  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: 11964 (according to the boxes)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: SES  
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains 
Favorite Set(s): SES, Control Center I & II, Space Shuttle 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All of them 
Set/theme you would like to see: radio or IR remotes for technics 
Current LEGO Project: My never finished carosel

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Last time I ordered from S@H the operator
	knew my VISA number! I think I'm hooked.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: B5, Cartoons, Mountain biking by myself
	and tandeming with my wife.




From: jeff findley <jeff.findley@sdrc.com>
Date: 04 Jan 1997 21:11:55 -0500
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Jeffrey (Jeff) N. Findley
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  69
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  16/alive and well
Location:  Cincinnati OH (see .sig in postings for exact location)
E-mail Address:jeff.findley@sdrc.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None yet.
Marital Status:  Ask my wife.
Children:  One girl (two) and one boy (11 months)
Occupation:  Computer Programmer (CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM/PIM software
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  The creation of a.t.l. (when exactly was that?)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  120+ estimated
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  3
# of LEGO Pieces:  12000+ estimated
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  410 Payloader (in second grade, probabaly late 1977)
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  565 Moon Landing, 6984 Galactic Mediator, 
                  6929 Starfleet Voyager, 1789 Star Hawk II, 
                  497 Galaxy Explorer, and other space sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The Blacktron II large white jetpack 
                                  (MMU) and a Blacktron minifig.
Set/theme you would like to see: 
Current LEGO Project:  Sorting loose pieces and finding room to display
   sets which are currently built.  Eventually I'm going to get around 
   to modifying a couple of my Launch Command sets to look like the 
   (now mothballed) Russian shuttles and shuttle carrier.  I'd also
   like to build an Eagle from Space 1999 to minifig scale.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Large (I mean huge) spaceship which contained
   room for dozens of classic space minifigs.  This ship was heavily armed
   and had a drop ship underneath with working airlock.  Propulsion was
   provided by no less than 10 augmented large gray engines.  Drop tanks
   provided extra fuel necessary for long trips.  This ship was done in
   the same style as the 497 Galaxy Explorer only bigger.  Wish I'd
   gotten pictures of it before my parents made me take it apart (it
   was using so much of the family LEGO collection that my two younger
   brothers couldn't build much of anything).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  None that I have time for, but I do like
   model building (plastic sci-fi, mostly), reading sci-fi, electronics,
   computers, bicycling, and others. 

--
LEGO: MOC>++++ SP++++(6984) AQ+++ TR,TO,FS++ BO,TC+ #++ S+ LS>+ Hsu M+ A+ YB69m
,------------------------------------------------------------------.
| Jeff.Findley@sdrc.com | The above opinions | First things first, |
| SDRC                  | are my own and do  | but not necessarily |
| 2000 Eastman Drive    | not reflect the    | in that order.      |
| Milford OH 45150-2789 | opinions of SDRC.  |      -- Doctor Who  |
`------------------------------------------------------------------'




From: "Ernest" <ernestw@magna.com.au>
Date: 3 Jan 1997 23:22:13 GMT
Organization: HELKA Express Int'l (Aust) P/L

Name: Ernest Wong
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Email Address: ernestw@magna.com.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: Not Yet
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) since: 1/96

# of sets in LEGO Collection: 110
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: WHAT?! Of course NONE.
# of LEGO Pieces: Dunno	# of Mini-figs: 80
# of LEGOfest Attended: None :(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None :~(

First LEGO Set: A Basic set 722
Favourite Theme(s): Trains, Town (pre-1996), Technic
Favourite Set(s): 7745, 4558
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigures(s): The train driver in 4559
Set/theme you would like to see: decent Town stuff, eg shops, HOUSES, units
Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding my Town (got smashed by the evil monster
(my brother)) :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ummm... Pass

Other (Non-LEGO) Interest: Computer, Nintendo




From: "QQue" <qque@ix.netcom.com>
Date: 4 Jan 1997 03:42:12 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name:  David Reade
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Clifton Park, NY
E-mail Address:  qque@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.aol.com/davreade/dav.htm
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  no
Occupation: Nuclear reactor operator / Instructor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6/95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 235 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 38
# of LEGO Pieces:  ???? My goal is to get 1 Million Legos ( never had a
Million of 	anything before :-)~
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 ( Planning a trip to Denmark! )
First LEGO Set:  #6971 Intergalactic Command Base (1983)
Favorite Theme(s):  Old Space, Aquazone, Divers
Favorite Set(s):  6940 Alien Moon Stalker, 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron 2 Jet packs, Divers' Scuba
Propulsion 	"thing". Ice Planet Minifig w/ Orange visor & BT1 Minifig w/
Black visor
Set/theme you would like to see: New sets in the Original Space theme of
the 80's
Current LEGO Project:  Building underwater fantasy diarama centering on
the underwater aspect, but including other themes like some Castle, and, of
course, 	space!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Right before I gradutated from High school I
had an entire full sized pool table covered with a Space port that included
all the original space sets and were all combined into one city through,
literally, years of building. It was so complex and intricate, it took me
weeks to take it apart! and many tears :-), but I have a whole role of
pictures :-) !
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, music ( I play Flute, Piano, Bass,
& Guitar), Martial Arts ( Aikido, & TangsooDo ), I hold 2 first degree
black belts, and am a certified instructor, Running, My very fast
Mitsubishi 3000GT ( Red, of course! ) :-), Watching James Bond, & Sherlock
Holmes Movies, and reading Sherlock Holmes short stories...... oh yeah, I
guess I like my job too :-)




From: astabno@axp2.umkc.edu (Andreas Stabno)
Date: 3 Jan 97 08:23:47 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Andreas Stabno 
Gender: male 
Year of Birth: 1973 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5-12 
Location: Independence, Missouri 
E-mail Address: astabno@cctr.umkc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/astabno/lego.html 
Marital Status: married 
Children: just myself 
Occupation: actuary 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall of 1994 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 114 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark) - as a small boy
                               0 (so far)  - as a big boy
First LEGO Set: Pre dark ages:  #374 - yellow fire station 
                Post dark ages: #4563 - Load 'N' Haul Railroad
Favorite Theme(s): TRAIN and town 
Favorite Set(s): metroliner, airport shuttle 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): straight rails, construction worker 
Set/theme you would like to see: Town Decades - architecture from the 60s-90s
                                 with large Metrostationesque buildings
Current LEGO Project: acquiring enough sets and pieces to build a large multi-
                      level town/train setup complete with mountain, tunnels, 
                      bridges, "L", and subway system 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: perhaps the above when finished 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: see attached signature

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andreas Stabno           | LEGO train and town enthusiast!     Buy-Sell-Trade 
ASTABNO@CCTR.UMKC.EDU    | RLDS/Graceland/Math/MBA/Kansas City/Germany/USA
                         | Actuary/BMA/Finance/Music/Movies/Soccer/Volleyball 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/astabno/index.html




From: spiehler@cas.org (Steve Piehler)
Date: 3 Jan 1997 15:38:47 GMT
Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Steve Piehler	
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location: Columbus, OH, USA
E-mail Address: spiehler@cas.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): 
Marital Status: Married
Children: 0
Occupation: computer programmer, chemical information
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: the beginning

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  maybe 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  9
# of LEGO Pieces:  maybe 14,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  2
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set: #315 European Taxie
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Train, Technic
Favorite Set(s): 6542 Launch & Load Seaport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  can't decide
Set/theme you would like to see:  Better Town stuff!
Current LEGO Project:  Repairing basement for a permanent LEGO place

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  um, attended 2 LEGOFests
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  US Civil War, guitar, Top Corner Hockey (Christmas
  present :^), basement repair




From: "Jeff Prince" <riptrack@concentric.net>
Date: 4 Jan 1997 07:23:41 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services

Name: Jeff Prince
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA
E-mail Address: riptrack@concentric.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.concentric.net/~riptrack  (no LEGO yet)
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: 2 (boys 7 and 9)
Occupation: USAF
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10
# of Pieces: not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
 
First LEGO Set: Basic set, about 1965
Favorite Theme(s): Trains
Favorite Set(s): Club car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Still like the original gears form 1960's
Set/theme you would like to see: Expanded U.S. Trains
Current LEGO Project: Auctioning off my unwanted sets; building new things
with my boys;
 
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Surviving Mandroid's bids in my auction
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Railroads, model trains, and computers

Most traumatic LEGO event in my life: When my mom gave away all my LEGO
"toys" while I was stationed in Germany!




From: Rhonda Whiting <whiting@inmind.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 17:21:28 -0500
Organization: The Whiting's

Name: Rhonda Whiting
Gender: F 
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 23  
Location: Central VA
E-mail Address: whiting@inmind.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none 
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Full time Mom and major purchaser of Lego!! 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct.96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0, but the kids have a Lot and I'm getting
the urge to own some myself!! 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: are you kidding??
# of LEGO Pieces: an old trunk full 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0  

First LEGO Set: I'll let you know
Favorite Theme(s): Paradisa- daughter; Space- son; I like the
Aquasharks! 
Favorite Set(s): ? 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ? Would like to see the Ice Babe and
Castle Maiden, though. 
Set/theme you would like to see: ? 
Current LEGO Project: Trying to help my son organize his Legos before
his 3 and 1 year old cousins visit!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: bought a ton of old Space, Space Police,
and Ice Planet Legos (about $200 worth) for $20 at a local flea market!!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading Regencies, sewing, cobalt blue
glass, singing, shopping, and keeping up with the family! :)




From: "James J. Trobaugh" <thinice@avana.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 08:54:23 -0500
Organization: Thin Ice Productions
Reply-To: thinice@avana.net

Name:	James J. Trobaugh (Thin Ice)  
Gender:  Guy
Year of Birth: 1966	  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location:  North Georgia Mountains
E-mail Address: thinice@avana.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.avana.net/~thinice
Marital Status:  M
Children:  1 on the way
Occupation:  A/V System Programer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Aug. 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~90
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces:  'bout 7000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 - need to have one in Georgia
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Lunar Launcher
Favorite Theme(s):  Train/Town
Favorite Set(s):  2150 RetroStation
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Brown Jacket Truck Driver
Set/theme you would like to see: Downtown Shops / Main Street
Current LEGO Project:  Computer control of my train layout

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none to speak of as of now

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Camping,Computer Animation & Video
Production




From: Bill Stahl <billgs@best.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 16:19:35 -0800
Organization: Scoopy's Alias | Wavefront Circus

Name: Bill Stahl
Gender:  m
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location:  Santa Clara , CA
LEGO/home page URL(s): (Not Lego Oriented; yet)
http://www.best.com/~billgs
Marital Status: NLSO
Children:  0
Occupation:  Application Engineer for Alias|Wavefront, a Silicon
Graphics Co.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~ 24
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~ 4
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  Basic set in the early 70's
Favorite Theme(s): Tecnic
Favorite Set(s):  Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) Lunar Lander minifig
Set/theme you would like to see: Technic Military or Mecha themes
Current LEGO Project:  Buying more
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  High End 3D Computer Graphics, Sailing,
Computer Games, Anatomical Illustration.




From: AlexChan@juno.com
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 19:47:07 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Alex Chan
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Only Child
Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
E-Mail Address: AlexChan@juno.com
LEGO/Homepage URL: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8318/trains.html
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: More than 10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Fabuland (I forgot specfic model #, but it is a house
	with an elephant and a boat)
Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Model Team, Town
Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): /
Set/theme you would like to see: Trains should be expanding!!! Also,
	the reexistence of Fabuland
Current LEGO Project: Nope

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: /

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Books, Music




From: sbs@sojourn.com (sbs@sojourn.com)
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 23:29:02 -0500
Organization: Sojourn Systems, Lansing, MI (USA)

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
 
Name: Steve Smith  
Gender: Male  
Year of Birth: 1963  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13  
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan  
E-mail Address: sbs@sojourn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None, I'm not that technologically advanced (yet)   
Marital Status: Single  
Children: None (other than myself)  
Occupation: Emergency Mental Health Clinician  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 (mostly just lurking)  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Way too many too count 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None  
# of LEGO Pieces: Way way way too many to count 
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
 
First LEGO Set: Oh, its been so long ago I can't remember  
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West 
Favorite Set(s): Um, gee, I have so many....
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see: 
Current LEGO Project:  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Two planes collided on the airport runway
once, but the event didn't make the media (outside of Legoland). 
 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, computers, watching sports (playing
some), playing tennis, watching tv/movies




From: Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:36:06 -0800

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
 
Name: Tore Eriksson
Gender: M
Year of Birth: '62
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying
Location: Katrineholm, Sweden
E-mail Address: tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: Daughter, born '91
Occupation: Cable Wire Wrapper :o(
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9608

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: Probably > 10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Probably 315 "Tin Lizzie"
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/fold16a.jpg
Favorite Theme(s): Non
Favorite Set(s): Non
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): red 45 deg roof
Set/theme you would like to see: Old style windows (back to the roots)
Current LEGO Project: My parents' home

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: SimLego for the PC project.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Bible, raising my daughter,
C-programming, cheap SF-movies, electronics

------------------------ Tore Eriksson ------------------------
 LEGO: MOC++++ TC+ FL-- S---- LS->+++ H,A@ HKsb LM-- VLd YB@m
-------------- http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/ --------------
----------- mailto:tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se -----------




From: joeyp21569@aol.com (JoeyP21569)
Date: 5 Jan 1997 05:55:19 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Joe Paradis
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14/ Sleeping
Location:  North Carolina
E-mail Address:  joeyp21569@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Yeah, when is there time for that?
Marital Status:  On the rocks
Children:  0
Occupation:  Architect
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  June '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Well over 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  Are you kidding?
# of LEGO Pieces:  More than I'd like to count.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Basic set #145 (in 1977)
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Town, & Town (Technic, if used with town)
Favorite Set(s):  Main Street #6390 & Launch & Load Seaport #6542
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Overhead garage doors/Sgt. Stadako
Set/theme you would like to see:  To take town to the next level, CITY!
Current LEGO Project:  Idle

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Helping children build a city at a museum

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Architecture, computer (Mac), painting, 
sketching, chilling on the beach, camping in the mountains




From: s381259@gettysburg.edu (Dan Arcari)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 01:00:09 -0500
Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Dan Arcari
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10/Very active, looking for something to eat
Location:  Avon, CT/Gettysburg, PA (College)
E-mail Address: s381259@gettysburg.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none, yet
Marital Status:  single
Children:  0
Occupation:  student/computer technician & database programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan. 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 70  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000+, never counted
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 6970 Beta-1 Command Base  
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, esp. M-Tron
Favorite Set(s):  Monorail Transport Base
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  none/original Blacktron fig
Set/theme you would like to see:  Model Team Star Trek ships
Current LEGO Project:  rebuilding all my space stuff after too many years
of cold storage

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I'm in college and still play with them...
they're all over my dorm room.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files,
composing music, writing fiction, reading SF/fantasy, football




From: Rick Jenkins <rljenk@weberassoc.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 20:32:44 -0500
Organization: Weber and Associates

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Rick Jenkins
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  68 going on 12 
Location:  Reston, Virginia
E-mail Address: RLJenk@weberassoc.com, and @aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.aol.com/rljenk
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation: Graphic Artist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1995  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: There is nothing much sadder than an
unplayed toy.
# of LEGO Pieces: never enough  
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  some DUPLO set
Favorite Theme(s):  space, town, aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  LL924, #4554 Metrostation 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x2 brick with down arrow 
Set/theme you would like to see: Town
Current LEGO Project:  Just added 3-story Octan Service Plaza to my
space outpost

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The jury is still out 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  architecture, design, macintosh computing

LEGO: TO++(4554) SP (cl+)++(487) AZ++ MOC+++ S-- #+ LS- Haw M+ YB71m




From: Fred Doebbler <fredd33@mail.idt.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:56:28 -0800
Organization: IDT 

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  James Joshua Doebbler
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1982
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Houston, TX, USA
E-mail Address:  fredd33@mail.idt.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  Unmarried of course (I'm only 14 for cryin; out loud;))
Children:  None
Occupation:  Freshman in Cypress Falls High School
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  mid '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  5
# of LEGO Pieces:  5000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None

First LEGO Set:  6820 Starfire I
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8480 Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  ALL
Set/theme you would like to see:  Technic theme based entirely on robots 
with a flexible micropressor for intergrating with LEGO
Current LEGO Project:  I just finished a tracked motorized Technic 
vehicle that is triangular in shape and can travel on any of the three 
sides. (Apologies for those LEGO purists, but not having the new Technic 
8229 Tread Trekker I am using the treads from an old Capsela set I have.)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Impressing my very non-lego dad by proving 
you could build almost anything with LEGO

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  HP48GX calculator and programs, computer 
anything (especially programming), puzzles, reading




From: dchapman@vnet.ibm.com
Date: 6 Jan 1997 17:48:44 GMT
Organization: IBM Toronto Lab

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Dale Chapman
Gender:  Male - despite the gender neutral name :)
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 - Only because of technic :)
Location:  Toronto, Ontario
E-mail Address: dchapman@vnet.ibm.com OR dgchapm@ibm.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Computer Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Late 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~40 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0


First LEGO Set:  some basic brick set from ~1970
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, town
Favorite Set(s): original rocket launcher from early 1970's  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none

Set/theme you would like to see: 

Current LEGO Project: None :(

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: built an aircraft carrier with an in-deck elevator

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, model making, cooking, sports (a Boston
Bruins fan in the land of the Leafs), movies

Dale Chapman
dchapman@vnet.ibm.com




From: activeim@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Sue Ann Barber)
Date: 7 Jan 1997 10:09:41 +0800
Organization: DIALix Services, Perth, Australia.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Sue Ann Barber
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1968 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10-ish 
Location:  Perth, Western Australia
E-mail Address: activeim@perth.dialix.oz.au
LEGO/home page URL(s):  still thinking about it
Marital Status:  single, but not available
Children:  none 
Occupation:  teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 1995 (but dropped out for a while)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: just over 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (a Blacktron base and a Space Police set)
# of LEGO Pieces: lots - never counted or estimated
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 - Windsor opened 3 months after i was there

First LEGO Set: a mid-70s basic set (and my brother's cast-offs)
Favorite Theme(s):  Space/Fabuland
Favorite Set(s):  Time Cruiser Flybo - reminds me of a friend's comic strip
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the ghost and the skeleton
Set/theme you would like to see:  haven't thought about it
Current LEGO Project:  sorting all the pieces back into their sets and 
working out what pieces I'm missing. after that I'll make up all the sets 
again!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Making my friends realise that Lego is 
still really cool.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: science fiction, viewmasters, pez, kinders, 
yo-yos, smurfs, character dolls (the list goes on and on..) - I'm a 
pop-culture junkie!




From: shazam@flash.net (Shazam)
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 03:49:14 GMT
Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net

Name:  Tim Morriss
Gender:  Male	
Year of Birth:  1972	
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12	
Location:  Little Rock, AR	
E-mail Address:  shazam@flash.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet	
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  none	
Occupation:  Design Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  a long time ago

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  80

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  none!  This isn't a museum.

# of LEGO Pieces:  many thousands and thousands...haven't had time to
count lately

# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none

First LEGO Set:  early 70's collection inherited from cousins

Favorite Theme(s):  Expert/Technic

Favorite Set(s):  8880 Super Car

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Technic worm gear.  It makes new
possibilities.

Set/theme you would like to see:  A return to sets with far fewer
specialized parts.  The 1776 Value Bucket is what I call a good start.

Current LEGO Project:  A scale model of the space shuttle, sized to
accomodate the legoland space figures, with lighted cargo bay, lighted
cabin, and motorized cargo bay doors.  All dimensions scaled from
drawings of the real thing.  Currently about 3.5' long, using Technic
pieces for interior structural elements, but all outside finishing
using non-Technic elements.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  As a youngster, found the 8860 Auto
Chassis (an $80 set, even back then) mispriced at K-Mart for $16.
Fortunately this was in the days before bar code scanners.  Oh yes, in
more recent years, I found the 735 Basic Set ($60 normal retail) on
the clearance rack at Target for $6.  I guess I sound like a real
cheapskate now...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Enjoying being done with college (NOW GET
TO WORK!), music, moviemaking, knowing everything about the space
program, running, and occasional web page design.




From: khouser@earthlink.net (Kirk)
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 06:23:32 GMT
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.

Name: Kirk Houser
Gender:  m
Year of Birth: 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: bogus
Location:  Texan in exile in Atlanta
LEGO/home page URL(s): none - yet
Marital Status: Very
Children:  2 - male (7) female (5)
Occupation:  Civil Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec. 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  jeez!!  ummm  30 - 40??? 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4
# of LEGO Pieces: 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  Pre-DUPLO Preschool Lego Bricks (the BIG ones) circa
1966

Favorite Theme(s): Trains - Towns - Pirates - Space

My son loves the same themes in reverse order of preference!
My daughter loves the DUPLO play houses.

Favorite Set(s):  the custom locomotive I'm working on now
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) the yellow train conductor - and
anything that can be made to conform to the standard Lego train Cargo
size

Set/theme you would like to see: Less THEMES!!!  More town buildings -
and Musical Instruments so I can turn our Imperial Guards into a
Marching Band!

Current LEGO Project:  that custom locomotive
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I had a fort assembled and in use
constantly from 1977 till 1988.  First it was a fort - then slightly
modified into a spaceport - then into a concert stage.  Three member
band figures from 565 moon lander set.  (drums made from the 001 gear
set).  Then back to a fort.  Finally disassembled.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I own an old Volvo 1800S sports coupe.
I have a Volvo homepage - http://home.earthlink.net/~khouser/




From: pjg@tranquility.gyugyi.com (Paul John Gyugyi)
Organization: Gyugyi Cybernetics
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 06:46:55 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Paul Gyugyi
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  It figured it'd skip the
	middle-aged thing and jump straight to being old.
Location:  Sunnyvale, California
E-mail Address:   paul@gyugyi.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  <http://www.gyugyi.com>
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  3 (5 yrs, 3.5 yrs, 3 months, all boys).
Occupation:  Digital Signal Processing
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  A.T.L. since, hmmm, '92 or so.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Oh maybe 300.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:   1
# of LEGO Pieces:  About 1000 unique shapes, occuring in various
			colors and quantities.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  1 (the Bay Area Pizza Party counts, right?)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   0.

First LEGO Set:  early "steerable" truck with yellow-claw-crane
			on back; Airplane made of plates.
Favorite Theme(s):  Unitron. Robof0rce, Imperial Guards, Aquasharks.
Favorite Set(s):  LL928, BT Renegade, Vector Detector.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Ice Babe, Unitron mirrorshades/cyberhelm.
Set/theme you would like to see:  Mayflower ship.  Argonauts/Greek.
Current LEGO Project: finished converting Deep Sea Preditor to a
	unitron model with separable front pod.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  L3G0 (a raytracing library) and my
	Unitron-style model instruction sheets made with it. 
	Predicting Aquazone. Establishing the early pre-web ftp site 
	on earthsea. Drilling holes in a blacktron minifig and adding 
	two more arms.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Kids, reading, programming, wargaming.
--
Paul Gyugyi          paul@gyugyi.com        http://www.gyugyi.com/
Gyugyi Cybernetics         DSP, LEGO, Mountain Dew, Be, Raytracing
Smiling 1.75" pieces of ABS have *no* effect on my state of mind.




From: John Wood <jwood@execpc.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 22:47:33 -0800
Organization: Exec-PC

Name: John Wood
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
LEGO/home page URL(s): nothing yet
Marital Status: single
Children:  0
Occupation:  Merchandise Manager for major Wisconsin retailer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 106
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none (I can't imagine not opening the box!)
# of LEGO Pieces: too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  135 Building Set (1974)
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train
Favorite Set(s):  Metroliner, airport shuttle, gas n wash express
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) 
  pieces: traintrack/figure: the blonde woman in 5830 Fun Day Sundaes
Set/theme you would like to see: military vehicles, more "complete"
  variety of town sets
Current LEGO Project:  ongoing building of my Lego town
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  talked my sister into giving me her Lego bricks
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: music, hifi/home theater, biking, Steve
	Hanks artwork




From: jlgst56+@pitt.edu (Joseph L Garlicki)
Date: 8 Jan 1997 14:20:02 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Name:  Joe Garlicki
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
E-mail Address: jlgst56+@pitt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  nope
Children:  none
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Sept 96 (I was here for a while back in 93 & 94)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  50+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  FX-Star Patroller (first one I really remember)
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Castle
Favorite Set(s):  Technic Space Shuttle, Red Auto Chassis, King's Mountain    
Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  any kind of of sloped or arched bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: models of actual buildings (maybe a cathedral,
the white house, etc.)
Current LEGO Project:  thinking about building a large helicopter from the
Technic Space Shuttle pieces

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A "Gothic" cathedral containing almost
	6,000 pieces!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, music, taking walks, gardening




From: Richard Harris <richard@is.co.za>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:00:40 -0800
Organization: The Internet Solution

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Richard Harris
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Up to 16 at least!
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
E-mail Address: richard@is.co.za
LEGO/home page URL(s): None. (yet)
Marital Status: Not single but not married ;)
Children: No
Occupation: Web Page Designer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 and something
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None!
# of LEGO Pieces: Phew
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. *sniff*

First LEGO Set: Set #40... A medium sized basic set from the late 70's
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Castle, (soon) Divers
Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Ghostie
Set/theme you would like to see: Cave Man!
Current LEGO Project: To keep the dust off my built stuff

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Converting dozens of people to Lego-lism

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Toys, Playstation, Computery/Internetty
things, Anime, Art Movies, People in Swimming Attire.




From: tommi@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Stockheim)
Date: 9 Jan 1997 13:41:02 GMT
Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site

Name: Thomas Stockheim 
Gender: male 
Year of Birth: 1969 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 
Location: Aachen,Germany 
E-mail Address: tommi@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): none 
Marital Status: single 
Children: none, but play lego mainly with the 7-year old daughter
of my sister 
Occupation: student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: none myself, ca. 20 I am allowed to play with 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces:  not enough 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1

First LEGO Set: don't remember
Favorite Theme(s): castle and pirates and combining both ...  
Favorite Set(s): El Dorado Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle corner pieces  
Set/theme you would like to see: Bigger castles 
Current LEGO Project: combining caste+pirates+islanders into
a city that doesn't look to weird 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Muds, Science Fiction, Computer games 




From: Derek Schin <dschin@utech.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 18:16:36 -0800

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Derek Schin
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Usually 22, but sometimes much younger
Location:  Lompoc, California, USA
E-mail Address:  dschin@utech.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not right this minute
Marital Status:  Single
Children: 0
Occupation: 2Lt in US Air Force (something in the Space and Missiles
	career field)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Early 93
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Over 300 last time I counted
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  I've lost count
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0
First LEGO Set:  493, Space Command Center (the one without pre-made craters)
Favorite Theme(s): Hmm, does MOC count?  Otherwise, Castle, Space,
	Trains, Outback, WW...
Favorite Set(s):  6950, Mobile Rocket Transport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  My homemade Han Solo
Set/theme you would like to see: More "real" town buildings, Castle
	bucket, brown & green bucket
Current LEGO Project: planning Mos Eisley, or at least Docking Bay 94
	(love those WW baseplates)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  LEGO Code, maybe my Millenium Falcon
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, basketball, Star Wars,
	weightlifting, Star Wars, hiking,
did I mention Star Wars?

:Derek
-- 
LEGO: MOC+++ CA[wp+++ fm++ bf+]+++ TR+++ SP++(6950) #+++++ S- LS A++ M+ YB74m




From: David Blakeslee <dblake@triton.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 18:35:22 -0800
Organization: Humanity at large

Name: Curt Blakelsee
Gender:  m
Year of Birth: 1987
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: still an outer child
Location:  Wyoming MI
LEGO/home page URL(s): none - yet
Marital Status: not!
Child:  currently 
Occupation:  4th grader
On R.T.L (A.T.L) since:  Dec. 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  10 of my own, about 60 altogether
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: many hundreds
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  Grid Trekkor

Favorite Theme(s): Exploriens, UFO (from the pictures)
Favorite Set(s):  UFO Saucer, Explorien Starship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Grey bird, Bonehead the skeleton, Tim
	the Time Cruiser, Nova Hunter

Set/theme you would like to see: Time Police
Current LEGO Project: playing with them!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Built Technic Shock Cycle all by myself

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Science, astronomy, computers




From: lou@pause.com (Lou Zucaro)
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 19:37:45 GMT
Organization: Pause Magazine

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Lou Zucaro  
Gender:  M  
Year of Birth:  1967  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8  
Location:  Schaumburg, IL USA  
E-mail Address:  lou@pause.com 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  LEGO:
http://www.pause.com/toys/lego/legohome.htm
HOME:  http://www.pause.com
Marital Status:  Married 
Children:  Mikey (cockatiel, a little over 1 year old)  
Occupation:  Computer Game Producer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  12/26/94 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  491  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~100
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~75,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  1 (Chicago, hosted by Minx Kelly)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  190 - Building Set with People
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Pirates, Trains
Favorite Set(s):  Galaxy Explorer, Eldorado Fortress, Airport Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Classic Space Mini-Fig 
Set/theme you would like to see: Egyptians with Pyramids!

Current LEGO Project:  Figuring out where to store what I got for
Christmas... 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Starting the RTL Roll Call; Getting LEGO
to release Wild West months early (unintentionally, and this is
according to somebody who worked for LEGO).  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer games; movies!; cooking; Star
Wars
See ya...

Lou Zucaro

http://www.pause.com

LEGO:  FS+(1819) TO+++1(6399) BO+++(709) TR+++(4558) PA+(6416)
SP+++2(497) CA+++(6071) PI+++c(6276) AQ+++3c(6195) TC++(8857)
#+++++ S++ LS+ Hs M+ YB67m

--=={Lego Dragon}==--==(UDIC)==--

"I...I think he was a mandroid."




From: koesel@engin.umich.edu (Mark Koesel)
Date: 7 Jan 1997 03:48:43 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Mark Koesel
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 72 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 3/Insane
Location: Ann Arbor, Mi USA
E-mail Address: koesel@umich.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): maybe some day
Marital Status: maybe some day 
Children: maybe some day 
Occupation: hopefully some day (still a student)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ~15000-20000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: (72-85) Early BASIC set; (96-) 8230 Police Buggy
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): 956 Auto Chassis 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Gear Reduction Unit; Flex System  
Set/theme you would like to see:

  Technic Subthemes.  In fact I'd love to get a whole technic
  Town, or even better, space theme going.  Unfortunately, this
  would probably be tough to market (and the sets would cost 
  a fortune.).  But, I'm imagining something like taking some
  existing LegoLand sets and enlarging them, and adding detail
  and, most importantly, more realism.  And the best part, we'd
  finally get some other types of techic figures.  And imagine
  A technic building with lights and working features, appliances
  or whatrever.  

  Dinosaurs.  Automated Walking and moving arms legs and tails. 
    Give us as many specialized pieces as you need to, just make
    them real.


Current LEGO Project: Just getting back into technic after ten
  years of absence from lego.   I've bought 15 technic sets over
  the past two months.  I'm building a 6 wheeled buggy using the
  large offroad technic tires.  It has 4 wheel steering and 
  suspension for each wheel.   

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Well, none as far as this group.  But
  I have done some cool things back as a kid, like building a 4
  wheel drive, 4 wheel steering, fully indepently suspended vehicle
  back in 83 or so.   Lets see, what else.  A robot arm with rotating  
  wrist and elbow (rotating, not just bending).  A 6 foot freighter
  based on scaling up the lego 'fire fighter' boat.   

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, software engineering, drawing
  biking, writing poetry.

-- 
(.:.) Mark G. Koesel   I don't believe in family values because hey, (:.:)
(.:.) koesel@umich.edu   you can't really put a price on your mom.   (:.:)
(.:.) Thorn InSide     Administrator for the Psychic Friends Network (:.:)
(.:.) BEWARE OF DOG    AfxTakeOverWorld(TW_WIN95 | TW_WINNT);        (:.:)




From: 73261.530@compuserve.com (Eric Lukac-Kuruc)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 23:06:33 GMT
Organization: Sprynet News Service

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Eric Lukac-Kuruc
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1959
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Varying widely and abruptly.
Location:  Belgium
E-mail Address:73261.530@compuserve.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/eric_lukac_kuruc/space.htm
Marital Status:  Not but Yes
Children:  Mike 11, Alessa 7
Occupation:  Electronic Designer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  mid 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  No idea ... a lot
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 50
# of LEGO Pieces:  more than 40 storage boxes
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, Windsor or Carlsbad planned.

First LEGO Set:  An  electric train with the blue rails.
Favorite Theme(s):  As long as there are minifigs.
Favorite Set(s):  Can't decide
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The miniature electric motor
Set/theme you would like to see: Sci-fi instead of Space
Current LEGO Project:  none

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  




From: jkraling@iastate.edu (JS Kraling)
Date: 3 Jan 1997 16:25:08 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA

Name:  Joshua S. Kraling
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1975
Status of Inner Child:  Still a Child
Location:  Central Iowa
E-mail Address:  jkraling@iastate.edu
LEGO/homepage URL(s): http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jkraling
Marital Status:  Single, but attached
Occupation:  Student/Mac and PC consultant
On RTL Since:  August 1996

# Sets in LEGO Collection:  prolly 25
# Unopened Sets: Zero
# of LEGO Pieces: a Lot...I've never bothered to count them
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Attended: Zero

First LEGO Set:  A really big universal set with yellow bricks and a 
batt. pack
Favorite Themes:  Castle, Outback now
Favorite Sets:  Wolfpack Renegades, Dark Forest Fortress
Favorite Pieces/Minifigs:  The set I made that looks like the guys of of 
the movie "Ladyhawke"
Set I would like to see:  Tub 'o' Tiles with grey and black tiles, Bring 
back Wolfpack sub theme!!!
Current Lego Project:  Collecting the Fright Knights sub theme, aquire 
the Guarded Inn

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Blacktron Invader

Other Interests:  Camping, Backpacking, Computers, Music, Reading.

That's all!!
-- 
Military justice is to justice what 
military music is to music.     Groucho Marx
JS Kraling
jkraling@iastate.edu




From: #mroberds@sky.net (Matt Roberds)
Date: 14 Jan 1997 03:10:47 GMT
Organization: Chaos

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Matt Roberds
Gender:  m
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Tried to ask him but he was too busy
  looking for one of those little 8 tooth Technics gears.
Location:  Texas
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: n/a
Children:  0
Occupation:  Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 50 or 60?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 5 or 10?  (Not on purpose...
  just haven't got around to all of them yet, also unpacking from
  a move...)
# of LEGO Pieces: Wasn't this one of the tasks from Greek myth?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
  I have gone to a couple of the traveling shows in malls, museums, etc.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  Mid 70s Basic set.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, especially large models  (their old VW,
  Model Team).
Favorite Set(s):  old Technic "VW" (see below).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Technic differential.
Set/theme you would like to see: A PC case made from Lego bricks.
  A car body (doors, fenders, etc...not frame) made from Lego bricks.
  Life size...put it on a VW pan.  
Current LEGO Project:  Reading RTL; finding all my old sets and
  even the directions too sometimes!  :>
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Started on a kick-butt castle using
  my King's Castle, etc sets, which my sister and her friends 
  TORE DOWN (&^&%$^%!!!!) at a party....
  Also I've only ever broken about four or five pieces of Lego.
  One was a 4x8 plate and another was a Technic beam.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Electronic Kits/Projects,
  Air-cooled VWs.

Wow...Had seen this group in the list for a while but only recently
started reading it.  I hope the extra text here at the end of
the Roll Call is appropriate.

My early memories of Lego included their old black motor, the one
that was the black box with two "bricks" sticking out the ends,
and the separate wires and battery box (3 C, 4.5v).  The motor 
looked kind of like a Chevrolet logo from the side:   _-----_
                                                     I_     _I
                                                       -----
You get the idea, I hope.  I used to take the hubs from their older
wheels and bother my dad to bring home 1/4" (7mm) wide rubber bands
from the office so I could use them as belts.  I made a lot of windmills
by building towers atop the motor until I had streched out the "belt"
enough, then adding vanes to the axle at the top.  I also think the 
workings of the reversing switch inside the battery box got me 
interested in electronics and eventually computers, too.  :>

Later I remember one of the first "town" sets, before they really had
a "Legoland" with the big square grey base plates...probably in the
Big People era.  I seem to recall it was all blue and had a lot of
tires, it was a building and not a vehicle -- perhaps a service station?
Later was the fire station, then getting some of the early Technic sets.

My favorite Technic was their big model car, about a foot long.  I didn't
realize until later that it was basically a VW Beetle minus the body.
This was the car that had the grey "gas tank" up front, rack-and-pinion
steering, red seats on black pans, a 2-speed-plus-reverse gearbox
(the shift was in a blue housing between the seats), a 4-cyl horizontally
opposed engine with faucets for the spark plugs, hoses for the plug wires,
and strange yellow pylons down the lower edges which I now realize were
the VW heater boxes.  It also had two of those coil-over-strut shock
things on each rear wheel, the only big departure from VW design (real 
Bugs used torsion bars, kinda hard to model directly, but with an axle and
some rubber bands...hmm).  By the time I had that I had one of the early 
Technic motors, I think.  I despaired of having two so I could steer _AND_
propel the car!  :>

Then I got some of the first "castle" sets, Knight's Castle, King's Castle,
and a few others.  These were cool as you could swing the backs apart
and ring them all around together in a giant castle.  This later inspired
me to build a Really Big Castle [tm] but see the sad story above.

More recently I have gotten some of the Model Team sets, the semi cab,
and the flatbed semi w/helicopter.  Also, a few of the newer Castle sets,
with the green dragon.

I guess it's a common theme here, but I had noticed over the past few 
years that Lego sets were starting to have more 'special purpose' pieces
in them.  It started with the old Castle wall pieces, which were OK with
me, because you could still do different things with them.  But some of
the newer sets I see have pieces that I can only see fitting that set.
I get the impression this has been hashed over many times before, though.

Reading the ng inspired me to get out my old Legos and to also get a
1776 Blue Bucket O Lego at Wal-Mart.  :>  While there I also got a 
6581 Dig N' Dump, mostly because I remember the bulldozer scoop/truck 
bed end piece from waaay back.

I have just started to visit some of the WWW sites in the FAQ.  Perhaps
this has been asked before, but is there a listing anywhere of _all_
the known sets, with model numbers, names, piece counts, etc?  Or would
legal considerations prevent this if it didn't come from Interlego AG?
I realize there are catalogs, but I think it's a safe bet they don't
have the first couple of Lego sets I ever played with still in there.  :>

Well, that's my delurk!  Since spamming seems to have become a problem
since I last posted to USENET in volume, please make the obvious change
to my reply-to.  Thanks all!

Matt R.




From: whitney@gvtc.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 22:21:06 -0600
Organization: Deja News Usenet Posting Service

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Kevin Whitney
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My inner child randomly bounces around
  between 8 and 18. 
Location: San Antonio, Texas
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: NLS
"Children": 4 cats, 2 leopard geckos, 2 spur-thiegh tortoises
Occupation:  automotive engineer, exhaust emissions research
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I've got around 15 unopened sets, many
  left over from xmas.  The oldest unopened set I have is 2 years old.
  Yikes!  I keep getting new sets and have never gotten to it.
# of LEGO Pieces: lots
# of LEGOfests Attended: just a small gathering
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 332 Tow Truck is the first actual set I remember owning.
  I think I got it for my 5th birthday.  I'd love to get a copy of this
  set if anyone is willing to sell one to me.  I also had lots of bricks
  and gears as a kid.
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Aquazone, Wild West, Trains, Castle
Favorite Set(s): 6973 Deep Freeze Defender, 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab, 
  8866 Airtech Claw Rig, 6781 SP Striker, 8660 Arctic Rescue Unit
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Ice Planet Babe
Set/theme you would like to see: modular space station or base
Current LEGO Project: redesigning my Mega Freeze Offender (think DFD x 3)
  to be structurally sound
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO turkey used as holiday greeting on Pause
  Magazine (thanks Lou!).  Take a look at:
  http://www.pause.com/toys/lego/originals/whitney/whitney.htm
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: weekend drives in my 92 SE-R, drinking and 
  brewing beer, reading SF and history, net surfing, watching the Weather
  Channel
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From: evansb@sfu.ca (Robert Evans)
Date: 17 Jan 1997 18:38:16 GMT
Organization: Simon Fraser University

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Jim "Chico" Evans
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: somewhere between Elmo and Yoda
Location: Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: monk
Children: one (1) aging Mac Plus
Occupation:  student, Simon Fraser University
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall '96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: uncountable
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I consider not opening a set within five
minutes a sacrilege. EVEN IF IT MEANS BUILDING IN THE TOYS R US PARKING
LOT!
# of LEGO Pieces: 2000-2500
# of LEGOfests Attended: a handful
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 - about ten years ago, a travelling Lego
show came 'round to Woodwards (a now defunct department store renowned for
its devotion to toys) and I went. It was NeatO.
 First LEGO Set: I actually don't remember not owning Lego. The first set
I can remember was a basic or Freestyle set in a white box with a flip
open lid. It came with a green, one-brick-tall base-plate that's about
10x20 in size.
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Freestyle
Favorite Set(s): 6669 Diesal Daredevil, and I'm just completely in love
with the Exploriens sets. Especially the Big Ass Space Ship, which my
friend Steve got for Christmas from his fiancee. Oooh, I'm envious.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Chuck War from the above set
Set/theme you would like to see: Lego should start supplying Theme
Freestyle sets. Say with maybe 300 basic bricks, maybe 100 assorted
specialty pieces, and 5-10 minifigs.
Current LEGO Project: lately have been further modifying the War Rig
(Diesal Daredevil). My ultimate Lego Dream is to build a fully-functional
Battle Mech.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Noticed at a party that my friend Jere had a
technic hover-craft that just didn't have enough wepons on it. I soon
rectified the situation by pulling apart another set (w/ his permission of
course) and using the parts.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: theoretical physics and doing silly things 





From: CCM <ccm@molalla.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:21:09 -0800
Organization: One World Internetworking, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Jarred Lundstrom
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Status of Inner Child:  Depends on the Lego set
Location:  Camp Colton  Colton OR
E-mail Address: ccm@molalla.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): someday
Marital Status: Single but living together
Children: none
Occupation: Self employed camp operator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown (alot)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15 But I'll get to them
# of LEGO Pieces (by volume): just over 100 gallons
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 so far, Let's start one in Colton
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 so far but may parents live in 
Carlsbad

First LEGO Set: Can't remember, but first one I bought for myself was 
the Exxon tanker truck in 77-79?
Favorite Theme(s): My own space creations
Favorite Set(s): Whatever is out
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): It's all good
Set/theme you would like to see: The less expensive good sets
Current LEGO Project: Lego space minig colony

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Only the Legos would understand

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Outdoors, Oregon weather, computers, 
Managing the Camp, Mary (the love of my life (even though she does not 
understand having Lego in your blood))




From: palaste@cc.helsinki.fi (Joona I Palaste)
Date: 18 Jan 1997 18:15:15 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Joona "I" Palaste
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12/Secret
Location:  Espoo, Finland
E-mail Address:  palaste@cc.helsinki.fi
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none / www.helsinki.fi/~palaste
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation:  University student, part-time janitor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan '97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  hundreds
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  far too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Black "convertible"-style city car, in about 1982
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, City, Time Cruisers
Favorite Set(s):  I don't have any specific favourite sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Ditto
Set/them you would like to see:  Space LEGO that is based on different
Sci Fi continua. Star Trek, Star Wars, Hitchhiker's Guide, etc.
Currect LEGO Project:  Updating my famous LEGOLand model catalogue

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Transformers toys, Dragonlance 
books, techno music, candy/sweets

/----------------------------------------------------------------------\ 
| Joona Palaste                             |      |  |                |
| palaste@cc.helsinki.fi                    |      |  |                |
| G++ FR FW+ M- #20 D+ ADA N+++ W++ B OP+   |-------  -----------------|
|                                           |-------  -----------------|
|                                           |      |  |                |
| Finland rules! =>                         |      |  |                |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/




From: ejacobs@avana.net (Eric Jacobs)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:28:33 GMT
Organization: Avana Communications Corp. News Server

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Eric Jacobs  
Gender:  M  
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10-12  
Location:  Atlanta, GA, USA
E-mail Address:  ejacobs@avana.net 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none

Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None  
Occupation:  Computer programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Lurking on-and-off since about 1993 (A.T.L) 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+ 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~13 (extra pieces that I haven't
needed yet)
# of LEGO Pieces:  30k+
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark)

First LEGO Set: A small puppet that was a mail-in offer from Life
cereal.  (Mail 2 proofs of purchase, etc.)  I still have the
directions for this thing.  First "real" set was 402, a big
Freestyle-type set.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle. I keep telling myself that I'm not really
interested in Pirate, Wild West or Aquazone, but I have large
collections of them, too.
Favorite Set(s):  Yellow castle, Galaxy Explorer (Of course!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Dr. Cyber, but only because his head
makes a good village idiot.  (See "Current Project".)
Set/theme you would like to see:  Greek/Roman

Current LEGO Project:  Slowly building a medieval walled city

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Hmmm... Well, during the last "buy 1 get
1 half price" sale at K-mart, I completey freaked a cashier when I
walked up with (literally) a shopping cart full of sets.  Most of the
sets had no price stickers, so she had to scan a few at a time to
figure out pairs of sets to ring up  together.  I'm sure I'm famous to
the employees of that store.  :-)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer games, Homebrewing

Eric Jacobs
ejacobs@avana.net, ejacobs@formmaker.com




From: Michel Renaud <mrenaud@nortel.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:57:32 -0500
Organization: Bell Northern Research

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Michel A. Renaud  
Gender:  Male  
Year of Birth:  1954
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 and 20 (The wife would
                                   say between 5 and 12 :-))  
Location:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E-mail Address:  mrenaud@nortel.ca 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  (Only internal to Nortel's Web)

Marital Status:  Married
Children:  Three girls, 11 months, 8 years and 10 years who think it
           is pretty cool to have a dad that still enjoys LEGO and
           play with them.
  
Occupation:  Software Design Engineer (Northern Telecom aka NORTEL)

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1995.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  37 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces:  No idea
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: That's too far back in time. I believe my first set
                was even before LEGO had invented wheels.

Favorite Theme(s): 1. Town, 2. Nautica, 3. Aquazone,4. Divers, 5. Flight 
                   6. Castle.

Favorite Set(s):  6542 - Launch & Load Seaport
		4559 - Cargo Railway
		4552 - Cargo Crane
		8880 - Supercar
		6544 - Shuttle Transcon 2
		6074 - Black Falcon's Fortress
		 725 - Basic 7+

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hinges, colored lens, helmets, complex
                                 instruments panels.
 		               Black falcon minifigs, forestmen... 

Set/theme you would like to see:  Greek/Roman

Current LEGO Project:  Building a whole town and integrating the Cargo
Railway in                         the design.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  - Held a very successful Technic auction,
				here on RTL.
			   - Bought two 6542 (Launch & Load Seaport) at
			     39,95$ (CDN) at Price CLub.
			   - Bought the Supercar at Sears Sale for ~30$(CDN)
                                (damaged box and loose parts but complete).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Biking, drawing, swimming, scuba diving,
                             computers, skiing (on snow or on water)
-- 
Michel Renaud   
Nortel - Public Carrier Networks 
mrenaud@nortel.ca 
----------- All opinions expressed here are personal




From: demlow@ahpcrc.umn.edu (Steve Demlow)
Date: 21 Jan 1997 20:43:45 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Steve Demlow
Gender:  M  
Year of Birth:  1970  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  26 (26-yr-olds can still do the LEGO thing!)
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
E-mail Address:  demlow@msc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none

Marital Status:  Shopping for engagement ring for NLSO...
Children:  None  
Occupation:  Computer graphics/visualization programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  RTL was started (spring '93?)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~250 (not including trade fodder)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~30
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~36,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0, but I've been to the LEGO Great Create event
                          and the LEGO Invention Adventure exhibit
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  410 Payloader, circa 1974
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Technic, getting into Trains some
Favorite Set(s):  Expert Builder Farm Tractor, Galaxy Commander
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blue (inverse) slope bricks/Blacktron I
Set/theme you would like to see: "Supercomputer Center" :)

Current LEGO Project:  Entering data/writing software for a parts auction

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Drove the LEGO virtual world simulator

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Church, Star Wars, Tom Lehrer songs, military
                             hardware, current events, aforementioned NLSO

-- 
Steve Demlow                                          - demlow@msc.edu
AHPCRC Graphics and Visualization Support             - (612) 626-8075 (voice)
Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc., Minneapolis, MN - (612) 626-1596 (fax)




From: rpweld3@pantheon.yale.edu (Richard P Weld)
Date: 22 Jan 1997 23:12:57 GMT
Organization: Yale University

Name:  Richard Weld
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Varies
Location:  Grand Rapids, MI
E-mail Address: rpweld3@morpheus.cis.yale.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation:  Archaeologist and Computer Tech
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Gazillions
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Not nearly enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: London Bus
Favorite Theme(s):  Imperial Fleet
Favorite Set(s):  Deep Sea Claw
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  My centaur
Set/theme you would like to see: A city for the Imperials and Pirates
	to live around.
Current LEGO Project:  Building all of the Polynesian sets into one
	well-constructed set.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Combining all of the Imperial buildings
	into one fortress with the exception of the Eldorado Fortress
	(The only one I don't have.)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Boxing, Opera, Architecture

Richard Weld




From: c&s <CMICIEK@wesleyan.edu>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 06:04:01 +0000
Organization: Wesleyan University

Name:  Christoph Miciek
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  MA=27/no inner child
Location:  MIddletown, CT (1/2 hour from Enfield)
E-mail Address: cmiciek@eagle.wesleyan.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  married
Children:  0
Occupation: Baker (research psychologist)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  what? you expect me to add em up?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0  "they're toys, play with them"
# of LEGO Pieces:  Not nearly enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 
First LEGO Set: all red helicopter from 1970's
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s):  Guarded Inn, represents the medieval town mentality
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the imposing corp of forestmen archers
Set/theme you would like to see: Return to the walled city sections for 
the castle system.  more bloody peasants
Current LEGO Project:  Constructing a fictional Hhadrian's wall under 
siege at a gatepoint.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Public display of two LEGO sculptures at an 
art/coffeehouse.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  literature, youth group (volunteer 
leader), history 

christoph miciek




From: "T.J.S." <tsciorti@oboe.calpoly.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 1997 21:49:18 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Name:  Tom Sciortino
Gender:  M  
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  19 / Alive and kicking-- age means
nothing...  
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
E-mail Address:  tsciorti@oboe.calpoly.edu 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none

Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None  
Occupation:  Freshman, Calpoly SLO, Electrical Engineering Major
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 21, 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~200 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: What fun are they if they're not opened? 
( 0 )
# of LEGO Pieces: 200 sets worth  (I really don't know)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Alpha-1 Rocket Base  (#483)
Favorite Theme(s):  Space!
Favorite Set(s):  FX-Star Patroller  (I have never owned any of the real
old space sets, but they look very cool too)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Those inch-long guns w/ the laser sights.
 The ice planet guy with the white mustache and eyebrows.  Also, the
classic Blacktrons w/ the black visors.

Set/theme you would like to see:  First leap into space (a cross between
futuristic town and early space)

Current LEGO Project:  Attempting to take all spare parts and all parts
from original monorail and create a space station with them.  College kind
of gets in the way of that, though...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I believe I have the world's most
indestructible battering ram made from legos (no glue, of course).  Anyone
like to challenge my position?...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Electronics, Music (performance--Jazz)




From: dlawall@ix.netcom.com(Daniel J Lawall)
Date: 24 Jan 1997 05:24:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Name:  Dan Lawall
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Huh?
Location:  Greenville, SC
E-mail Address:  dlawall@ix.netcom.com (though not for long)
                 dlawall@clemson.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  divorced
Children:  0
Occupation:  University student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan '97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  12+ 
            (I gave my previous collection to my brother)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  a medium size box full
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  a lego mail man (w/ the big head) and a cart
Favorite Theme(s):  Dragon Matsers & Islanders
Favorite Set(s):  Majisto Magic Shack(?)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see:  Inexpensive ones
Currect LEGO Project:  Lego fanstay role playing :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I have a big headed lego person?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  war games, school, action figures, ccg's,
my way cool girl friend.




From: mrehbaum@aol.com (Mrehbaum)
Date: 25 Jan 1997 19:08:29 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: M. Rehbaum
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Undeterminable at this time...it's too
busy playing!/Loving life.
Location: Virginia
E-mail Address: Mrehbaum@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None at this time.
Marital Status: Soon to be married
Children: None
Occupation: Teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997!!  
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: New sets- 15 since October
				Old sets.....you know the routine
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: NONE!!!!  Why buy them if you can't play
with them!  My opinion will probably change soon though....
# of LEGO Pieces: 9,873 and 1 / 2 (I've got a broken piece
:(..............)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: I don't know which one came first.  I got a police set in
the late 70's, maybe  77.  It had mini-figures...but they didn't have any
facial features, or arms...plus their legs were all one piece!  I've still
got at least on of those!  I also had a Spirit of St. Louis, and a Red
Helicopter really early on...So I'm not sure which one came first.  My
first set with Mini-figures was a coast guard base....that must have been 
78 or  79.  I also had two of the  79 series space sets.  I'd really like
to find the instructions for those!!
Favorite Theme(s): Space/Town/Train!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Set(s): Probably my first Space set...I don't know the
number...but it has a Ship "ID" number piece that says LL924.  This is how
I always referred to it!  My two other favorite sets was the original
Kings Castle...Man I still have hundreds of yellow pieces!  And a
non-motorized European Train set that I got in 1983!  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My favorite Minifigure is the one that
came with my space set.  I've used the same head but changed the body as
"his" "rank" "increased" (Really as new colors of space figures came out. 

Set/theme you would like to see: Lego Air force.  OR A classics reissued
set...with some of the old sets reissued!  They do it for Star Wars and
other toys why not Lego.  (I can hear the collectors screaming
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Current LEGO Project: I'm working up to Modeling a Lego train set....But
I've got to save the $$$$$ first!!!!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: In 1980 at the height of Battle Star
Galactica I built a Lego "viper" to go with the toy viper I bought.  Well
it's now 1997 and I still have the same set now!  It is built around the
pieces from the original Space set and modeled in red.  It's gone through
numerous modifications but the base structure, cockpit,  and wing assembly
are still the same!  So it's a 17 year old Lego creation!!!  My other
claim to fame is a three story Lego house modeled in yellow....Can we say
Kings Castle from 1984?????????  




From: Patrick Delahanty <PatrickD@internet.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 21:52:03 -0500
Organization: The Internet Company

Name:                              Patrick Delahanty
Gender:                            Male
Year of Birth:                     1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 / Unstable
Location:                          Boston, MA
E-mail Address:                    patrickd@internet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):             http://sebago.internet.com/lego/
Marital Status:                    Single (unfortunately)
Children:                          No
Occupation:                        "Websmith" - The Internet Company
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            The beginning (but I was away for a
                                   long time)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      200 or 300
# of LEGO Pieces:                  Probably around 25,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:           0
First LEGO Set:                    A 70's Bulldozer & blue (1 piece)
                                   trailer
Second LEGO Set:                   442 - Space Shuttle
Favorite Theme(s):                 Space
Favorite Set(s):                   6971 Inter Galactic Command Base
                                   497  Galaxy Explorer (Never had it)
                                   6980 Galaxy Commander (Never had it)
                                   6982 Explorien Starship

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Black suited Futron figure
                                   Blacktron 2 jetpack
Current LEGO Project:              http://sebago.internet.com/lego/
Best LEGO deal:                    Too many to list
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       My 50+ square feet of Lego
                                   and "Lego PricePro"
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        I'm also famous for
                                http://underground.internet.com/CHiPs/
                                http://sebago.internet.com/tsfc/
I enjoy designing developing new web sites, skiing, sailing, cycling,
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Star Trek, and just about anything else
that won't poke my eyes out.




From: "Bruce Jones" <brujon@axent.com>
Date: 31 Jan 97 21:02:18 GMT
Organization: Axent Technologies

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Bruce Jones
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 10 today
Location:  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
E-mail Address: brujon@axent.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  M
Children:  4 ages 7.5, 5.5, 3.5, .5
Occupation:  Software engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  been a lurker for a couple of years

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 18 (all from the Target clearance)
# of LEGO Pieces:  lots
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:me 0, wife 1 (She's Danish)

First LEGO Set:  late 60s, The big red/white 4x2 bricks
Favorite Theme(s):  Wild West, Town/Nautica. Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  Imperial Trading Post 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  ?
Set/theme you would like to see: Indiana Jones Adventures
Current LEGO Project:  None

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
Had a Christmas tree this year decorated entirely with mini-figs.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Volleyball, Mt biking, soccer coach,
	playing with the kids, reading. 




From: "Blue Buschert" <BlueBus@IX.NetCom.Com>
Date: 1 Feb 1997 05:25:36 GMT
Organization: Netcom

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  					Blue Buschert
Gender:  				Male
Year of Birth:  			8/19/60
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  	-.8 to 250+ constantly
Location:  				Grand Rapids, Michigan
E-mail Address:				BlueBus@IX.NetCom.Com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  		None
Marital Status:  			Married
Children:  				0, not including me
Occupation:  				Information Technology Consultant
					WAN Administrator - Amway Aviation,
					Magic Carpet Aviation (Orlando)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  		1/31/97 (approx 4 hours ago)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  		100+ (currently developing DB)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	3 (until l8r today)
# of LEGO Pieces:  			15,000+ (DB in works)
# of LEGOfests Attended:		0 (will fix)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:		0 (will fix)

First LEGO Set:  			1965 - box of real basic pieces
Favorite Theme(s):  			Trains, Town, Trains, Technic,
					Trains, Model, Trains, Boat
Favorite Set(s):  			All Trains (?), & Town;
					But love everything LEGO
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  	n/a
Set/theme you would like to see: 	Want trains back, Star Trek, Star Wars,
					Houses (normal/?) for town

Current LEGO Project:  			Using my uncompleted 5x10 foldup
					N guage railroad cabinent to house a
					foldup LEGO town/railroad instead - 
					until we find a new home (house).

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  		Taking over a bedroom (10x20) and
					completely covering the entire area
					with town/railroad sets.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  		Computers, Music (MIDI), Electronics,
					Motorcycles (new), AD&D since '78,
					Model Railroading, Model Building,
					Gaming, Role Playing, Reading,
					Home Refinishing, Movies, ...




From: tom <atkinson@aware.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 20:55:02 -0500
Organization: Aware Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Tom Atkinson
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  southern New Hampshire
E-mail Address:atkinson@aware.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none (yet)
Marital Status:  yes
Children:  2 ...  5 and 6 mos.
Occupation:  electronic hardware design engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurking for almost a year

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  3 (they're really my sons or they
would be open by now!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  10000???
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   0

First LEGO Set:  some kinda basic set from 1962
Favorite Theme(s):  technic (now anyway)
Favorite Set(s):  8460 pneumatic crane truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  motors motors motors!
Set/theme you would like to see: "how things work" series, in which the
designs model the way things _REALLY_ work.
Current LEGO Project:  I've been working on a snowblower for a while
now, fortunately we haven't got much snow this year :) It will be a two
stage blower with foward and reverse plus an auger engage lever.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I can remember lego pieces that I haven't 
heard even mentioned... 4x8 by maybe 2 brick tall clear garages with
gray door that slides up and in. These came with little one piece cars
with turning wheels..??..??? 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, music, procrastination...(I am
at work on a Saturday, but writing to RTL)




From: Blueberry Stud Muffin <tjhunter@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:44:40 -0600
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Name:			Todd J. Hunter
Gender:			Male
Location:  		Urbana, IL
Marital Status:		Unmarried, as Yet
E-mail Address:		tjhunter@uiuc.edu
On R.T.L Since:  	Late Summer, 1995
First LEGO Set:	 	#3667 Bakery Shoppe (Excl. DUPLO)
Favorite Theme:  	1980s Town
Favorite Model:  	#730, Followed by #6980
Favorite Mini-figure:  	Burgundy-collared Woman from #6002 & #6382
Greatest Claim:		Probably "His Majesty's Court," @ 950 Pcs.
Set I Wish Existed:	A Posh 1980s-style Hotel w/ Spa (for Town)
			A Victorian Mansion Would've Also Been Great,
                        as Would Peasants' Homes for the 1980s Castle
			Theme.  Perhaps an Official "The Price Is
			Right" Model, with Permission from CBS
Other Interests:	Foreign Languages, Imported Junk Food,
			Writing, Old Cars, Travel, Under-rated
			'60s Bands, Coffee, and Eligible Girls




From: Jeff S Markwell <markwell@eagle>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 19:52:42 -0500
Organization: Florida State University

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:                              Jeff S Markwell  
Gender:                            male
Year of Birth:                     1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  don't know - I think I left him
                                     in Tallahassee
Location:                          Gainesville, Florida USA
E-mail Address:                    markwell@hcs.ufl.edu
                                   markwell@hcs.fsu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):             http://www.hcs.ufl.edu/~markwell
                                   http://www.hcs.ufl.edu/~markwell/lego/
Marital Status:                    single
Children:                          ((460/20+5)^2)/(32*3.5)-7
Occupation:                        computer engineering Master's student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            January 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      377 sounds familiar
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  less than 10
# of LEGO Pieces:                  more than 10
# of LEGOfests Attended:           0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:     0

First LEGO Set:                    113 and 404 Universal Sets (1978)
Favorite Theme(s):                 Space
Favorite Set(s):                   497 Galaxy Explorer
                                   6980 Galaxy Commander
                                   442 Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Bat Lord (Knight who says "ni")
Set/theme you would like to see:   a modular moon base
Current LEGO Project:              none

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       U.S. Space complete

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        rock climbing, music (clarinet, tuba)

                     LEGO: SP[cl+++ bt1,fu,sp1++ bt2,sp2,ex+]++++c(US)(928)
                   MT++c(5540) TC++(8880) #+++++ S+ LS- Hri M+ A+ LM- YB75m




From: dhb22@aol.com (DHB22)
Date: 3 Feb 1997 16:43:17 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:David  
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  69
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Alameda,,Nor Cal
E-mail Address:DHB22@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):working on it  
Marital Status: Married (wife is Danish)
Children:  1 
Occupation:  Investment Advisor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:5
# of LEGO Pieces:20,000 
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0- going to Bilund in April

First LEGO Set:colored blocks sometime in the 70's  have many red yello
and white space figures form way back when  
Favorite Theme(s): town and train
Favorite Set(s):metro liner, mainstreet  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see:reintroduction to town buildings like
hospital, bank, office buildings, houses 
Current LEGO Project: Ready for this? I have remodeled my garage(used to
be a workshed) into a finished room so that I may set up my lego town.  Up
to this point my lego boards have been in storage.  My new room is about
250 sq ft and should hold four plywood boards for my town and trains

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My current project 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baseball, basketball, football,dogs(2
labs),and my rose garden
DHB22@aol.com




From: karr@shore.net (David Karr)
Date: 5 Feb 1997 22:29:56 -0500
Organization: BBN Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  David A. Karr
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14 to 64, depending
Location:  Concord, MA
E-mail Address:  karr@shore.net (was karr@cs.cornell.edu)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
  http://www.shore.net/karr/lego/
  http://www.shore.net/karr/
Marital Status:  Married to the NLSOWVC
Children:  Jane (age 7), Polly (age 5)
Occupation:  Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  The Beginning (Jan or Feb 1993)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Not applicable
# of LEGO Pieces:  I guess 8000 between me and the kids
	(I've fallen behind in counting)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none (sob!)

First LEGO Set: Something with red bricks and other stuff that I got
	in 1963---you think I remember such details that far back?
Favorite Theme(s):  Whatever I decide to build
Favorite Set(s):    Whatever I decide to build
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Huh?  (My choice for reincarnation
	would be a red 2x4 brick, if that matters.)
Current LEGO Project:  That would be telling.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Built a Duplo car at my Ph.D. thesis
	defense ... and passed.  Runners-up: Keeper of the on-line
	archive of the RTL Roll Call; created a Web site cited by a
	LEGO attorney as an example of how not to get sued; designer
	of the LEGO "machine gun."

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family life, work, my house, and a zillion
	other things I thought I'd get back to after finishing my
	degree, but really haven't yet.




From: Chris Weagel <SChristo@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 10:25:31 -0500
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Christopher Weagel
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1981
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:11
Location:St.Clair Shores, MI USA
E-mail Address:SChristo@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):(non-lego)www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9356
Marital Status:single
Children:none
Occupation:student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:June 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:150+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:Zero, unless road plates count
# of LEGO Pieces:a whole lot
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:Basic set whose number escapes me
Favorite Theme(s):Town
Favorite Set(s):Airport Shuttle, MetroPark&Service Tower
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):1x2
Set/theme you would like to see:New Edition Main Street
Current LEGO Project:Still Rebuilding my city

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Rebuilding the Metro Park and Service Tower
 without instructions

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:The Christopher Weagel Show, Nintendo, MST3K




From: chaotix@weird.cologne.de (Lutz Uhlmann)
Date: 09 Feb 1997 18:53:09 +0100

Name: Lutz Uhlmann
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1072
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-20
Location: Bonn, Germany
E-mail Address: Chaotix@Weird.Cologne.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet
Marital Status: single
Children: 0
Occupation: student (computer science / biology)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1996 (Reading only), now also writing

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15
# of LEGO Pieces: 28350+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund Denmark, 1982-1986, 1996)

First LEGO Set: 692 as a child, 8868 late 1995 (end of dark age)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town, Trains
Favorite Set(s): 8862, 8868, 8460
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pneumatics, digger/excavator shovels
Set/theme you would like to see: Model Town, perhaps with models of
				 famous real buildings.
				 Antiquities (Roman, Greek architecture e.g.)

Current LEGO Project: Sorting, Storing, Counting (nearly finished)
		      Making my own Library for PoV-Ray
		      Coding a converter from LDraw to PoV-Ray
		      (GNU-C, using LDraw with OS/2, PoV-Ray under Linux)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Posted 1997 News to RTL in autumn 1996
			     Build a crane:
			     - 8 ft tall
			     - 5 ft wide
			     - fully motorized
			     - 1500 parts
			     Made a spontaneous weekend trip to Legoland
			       Billund in summer 1996 with some people
			       who are not Legomaniacs

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer graphics, construction sites,
			    party, pinball simulations, etc. pp.

    Chaot!X

Lego: DU,HM,BV FS,TO++ TR+++(4564) BO,FL,PA,SP,CA,PI,AQ+ WW>++ MT+(5571)
      TC+++(8862) MOC>++ #++++ S++ LS++ H!? A HKb LM+ VLr YB72m




From: tcolgan@carroll.com
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 04:25:06 GMT

Name:			Tom Colgan, Jr.
Gender:			Male
Location:  		North New Jersey
Marital Status:		Married
Children:  		1 (2 years-old)
Occupation:  		Computer Programmer
E-mail Address:		Tcolgan@carroll.com

On R.T.L Since:  		Late Summer, 1996
First LEGO Set:	 	#6491 Rocket Racer
Favorite Theme:  		Time Cruisers/Twisters
Favorite Model:  		#6493
Favorite Mini-figure:  	Bat Lord
Greatest Claim:		None as of yet
Set I Wish Existed:		A Saloon for the Wild West Theme
			A Japanese set with Samurai's 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  
			None (don't beleive in unopened sets)
# of LEGO Pieces:  	1931
# of LEGOfests Attended:  	0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   0

Other Interests:		Science Fiction, Fencing (Modern & Classical),
Role-playing (G.U.R.P.S.), Magic:the Gathering CCG, My daughter.




From: Chris Lester <c.lester@mmu.ac.uk>
Organization: MMU
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 16:13:14 GMT

Name:                   Chris Lester
Gender:                 Male
Location:               Manchester UK
Marital Status:         Single
Children:               0
Occupation:             System Admin
E-mail Address:         c.lester@mmu.ac.uk
URL	
		http://langdale.elec.aca.mmu.ac.uk/chris/lego.html 
On R.T.L Since:         Mid 1996
First LEGO Set:         330 Jeep(in ca1969)
Favorite Theme:		Aquazone/Space         
Favorite Model:         6135 Sneaker 
			6973 Deep Freeze Defender
Favorite Mini-figure:   Any Aquashark
Greatest Claim:         None
Set I Wish Existed:     Starfury (B5)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  
			90+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
			None
# of LEGO Pieces:       To many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:        
			0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   
			0
Other Interests:	Babylon 5, Football(soccer),Cricket
			Apollo computers, juggling, Birding.




From: John Willoughby <jvwillou@students.wisc.edu>
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 00:50:10 -0800
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Name:John Willoughby	
Gender:Male	
Year of Birth:'67
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17-22 or so
Location:Madison, WI
E-mail Address:jvwillou@students.wisc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~willough/lego.htm
Marital Status:Nope
Children:Nope
Occupation:Student/Moldmaker
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:late '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:6, all TECHNIC but for one for extra blocks
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0, hell they're almost open before I get home.
# of LEGO Pieces:2544 - hole s**t, I never counted before!
# of LEGOfests Attended:None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:None

First LEGO Set: Hoe. . .something back in the '70 I suppose, don't remember.
Favorite Theme(s):TECHNIC
Favorite Set(s):Power Pack (I know that's pretty boring . . but . . hey).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Gears, shafts . . ect . .
Set/theme you would like to see:IR or RF remote control system.
Current LEGO Project:Was six legged walker (it's on my web page now)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Well, here goes another plug, my six legger and 
my own LEGO stackable storage tray (also on web page).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Cars (real ones)




From: dvdmldr@dordt.edu (David Mulder)
Date: 6 Mar 1997 23:34:26 GMT
Organization: Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Dave Mulder
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14ish (on a good day :-)
Location:  Sioux Center, IA
E-mail Address: dvdmldr@dordt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  working on it... :-)
Marital Status:  engaged
Children:  n/a
Occupation:  student--educatoin major
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurking since Andre' Kok (my roommate) directed
                                me here in spring of '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25ish at school, 40ish at home in
                                        California
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  2200ish at school, probably 4700ish at home
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: does the Mall of America exhibit count?

First LEGO Set: not sure of the number, but it was a clssic space
                        set (1980?), gray ship with two big boosters
                        on the sides, including a red space minifig.
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquazone, Space (Spyrius, Ice Planet, Roboforce has
                        promise), Divers (though I don't yet own any)
Favorite Set(s):  Spy Shark (#6135), Deep Sea Predator (#6155), Eagle
                        Stunt Flyer (#6615), Saucer Centurion (#6939)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPs
Set/theme you would like to see: farm theme
Current LEGO Project:  slowly but surely getting enough LEGO at school
                        to come up with a project.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: (age 11) "Main Street" complete with
                        bank, bakery, city hall, police department,
                        several stores, park, service station, gas
                        station, and auto dealership.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: playing the guitar, usenet, cooking,
                        procrastinating on studies




From: Jeffrey and Tyna Langlitz <jtlanglitz@proaxis.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 20:11:05 -0800
Organization: ProAxis Communications, Inc.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Tyna Langlitz	
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Oregon
E-mail Address:  jtlanglitz@proaxis.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Sorry, too busy to try yet.
Marital Status:  M
Children:  1 cat (she's a handful!!)
Occupation:  Admin. Assistant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  approx. 1 year

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  235
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  approx. 35
# of LEGO Pieces:  approx. 43,669
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0 :(

First LEGO Set:  Yellow castle-unfortunately sold at garage sale :(  
Favorite Theme(s): Train
Favorite Set(s):  4558 Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Red wheel suspension pieces which
 make wheels springy 
Set/theme you would like to see:  Office theme with Dilbert-like figures
Current LEGO Project:  Talking my husband into letting me buy all of the
 new '97 sets  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Haven't really had one YET  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading, listening to music, playing WarCraft II




From: tmblendruf@aol.com (TmbleNDRuf)
Date: 8 Mar 1997 02:50:55 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:    Jim G.
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:
    1971 (August 11)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
    Uhhhh.... huh huh.... maybe like 14 or something, Beavis. huh huh
Location:
    Union City, CA
E-mail Address:
    TmbleNDRuf@aol.com  -or-   gijimbo@pacbell.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
    Under construction @ members.aol.com/gijimbo
Marital Status:
    Married to a non-LEGOmaniac :/
Children:  
    Let's not even go there :)  (none)
Occupation:
    Programmer / Real Estate Analyst  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:
    About a week :)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:
   Rough guess: Around 150 or so, dating back to 1975
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
    -0- (what's the point???)
# of LEGO Pieces:
    18,000 + (lost about 10K over the years due to LEGO minifig torture
rituals and such) -- working on a detailed inventory, check my website
later
# of LEGOfests Attended:
    Just one -- about 15 years ago (if it was even called a LEGOfest)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:
    None, nada, zilch, GOOSE EGG  }:( That's gonna change though.

First LEGO Set:
    I forget the number, but it was an old-style faceless minifig in a
fork lift.
Favorite Theme(s):  
    Technic and Wild West. Trying to get into Fright Knights, but I
dunno...
Favorite Set(s):
    1)  All four LEGO auto chasses -- #956, #8860, #8865, and of course
the SuperCar #8880 (like that's a big surprise)
    2)  Bandit's Hideout -- #6761 I think, shoot me if I'm wrong :)
    3)  #8480 Space Shuttle
    4)  #8858 Rebel Wrecker
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
    The wheels on the SuperCar
Set/theme you would like to see:
    More Technic. PERIOD.
Current LEGO Project:
    Trying to figure out a way to whiten my old white bricks. Hell, if it
can be done to teeth.... :)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
   No claims to fame, but some pretty weird LEGO nightmares....
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 
    Hockey, mountain biking, video games, music, GOOFING OFF. :)




From: Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink <eklandjds@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 17:43:35 -0800
Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Jerome Scott
Gender: M 
Year of Birth: 1958 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 or 11 
Location:  El Segundo, CA, USA
E-mail Address: eklandjds@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet 
Marital Status:  M
Children: none (What? and spoil a perfectly good lego collection on
them?) 
Occupation: Registered Architect 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 97 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  prior to fire in 1977-unknown - currently
50+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None - I collect lego not boxes
# of LEGO Pieces: prior to 1977 several thousand - today 12 large
buckets  
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 but I have a timeshare in Carlsbad CA
that will be getting some serious use in 1999!

First LEGO Set: can't remember - I was 6 or 7 
Favorite Theme(s): space 
Favorite Set(s):  currently Red Bird Rig - Love that jet!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the curved ones that let you connect a
vertical and horizontal piece (ie 90degree gender benders) - technic
otherwise
Set/theme you would like to see: Architectural pieces (doors, windows,
arches, etc.) - in quantity
Current LEGO Project: getting more track for my monorail

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Built a 3 masted schooner out of 'REAL'
lego pieces (none of the namby-pamby specialty pieces available today)
in 1968 and sent the picture to the contest at the Lego club newsletter
of the day (didn't win). My model was 3 feet long and at least 24 studs
wide with cloth sails.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, computers, Computer Aided
Design, Science fiction  




From: "Lauri-Pekka Alanko" <lpa@sci.fi>
Date: 1 Apr 1997 22:20:34 GMT
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Lauri-Pekka Alanko
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1959
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  11
Location:  Puomikatu 4 , 33410 Tampere, Finland (Europe)
E-mail Address:  lpa@sci.fi
LEGO/home page URL(s):  hope soon (need a scanner)  
Marital Status:  Common law married with Ritva (since 1983)
Children:  Rosa 9 , Kaarlo 6
Occupation:  Hardware electronics designer / homefather
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  estimate between 50 000 and 100 000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none 
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  something that existed  about year 1963
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Pirate, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  6989(MegaCoreMagnetizer),6277(Imperial
tradingPost),5571(ModelteamTruck),8845(ProgramControlUnit)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Turntable(technic), Decorated
arch(from fabuland3798), Green bush / Robot with clear helmet,
skeleton, I love mixing minifig parts

Set/theme you would like to see:  Advanced Computer control
Current LEGO Project: 1) Two wild west cities with mountains and
desert (size 8´x3´)    2) Tryin to get all original technic instructions

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Towns, big houses, harbour,
factory etc.. made for my children and their friends to play
A member of team building "Lego mouse"  -- a computerized
robot to solve a labyrinth. 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  R/C airplanes and boats,explosives,
high-voltage,enviromental questions,politics,digital technics,biking




From: flasah@iastate.edu (Pat Schroeder)
Date: 1 Apr 1997 21:45:35 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Pat Schroeder
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12  
Location:  Ames, IA
E-mail Address:  flasah@iastate.edu
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  none
Occupation:  Mechanical Engineering student at Iowa State
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  78
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~4800
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  A set of glow-in-the dark blocks I had as a kid.  Now
	they're lost.:(
First LEGO Set I still have:  Saucer Scout  
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  Shipwreck Island, Rocky Reef
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any walls
Set/theme you would like to see:  More Pirates
Current LEGO Project:  Building a giant Pirate compound

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  reading, baseball cards, bowling, die-cast
cars, science fiction, ancient history, architecture, card games, sports




From: Tony Schreiber <dune@thenet.net>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 15:20:02 -0500
Organization: TheNet Digital Services, Inc.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Anthony Schreiber
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: South Florida
E-mail Address: dune@thenet.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Creative Director / WebMaster
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: A few weeks

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: +100?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: +10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Universal Building Set
Favorite Theme(s): Space and Technic
Favorite Set(s): ?
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Divers
Set/theme you would like to see: Capitalist Town (mall,parking garage,etc)
Current LEGO Project: maybe a new city...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have the original expert builder Auto Chassis!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: internet/computer (my job), music, miatas (mine)




From: absolut zero <absolut0@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 1997 21:09:37 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at Austin

Name: Reid Worth
Gender: M
Year of Birth: '77  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: eh, 7 going on 8
Location: Austin, Tayexus (that's TX...and no we don't all sound like that)
E-mail Address: absolut0@mail.utexas.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none..yet
Marital Status: Single :(
Children: Lord, no!
Occupation: student (CS major), part time crap jobs to pay to BE a student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: well..I've been on 3 other toy NGs for over a year,
  but have only been lurking here for a few months, mainly 'cause (for some 
  reason I forgot) I dragged out all my old sets, bought some '97 sets, and
  now have LEGO on the brain

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Umm...I have no idea really, >50 but <100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: nada..I can barely afford to buy 'em at all,
                                  damned if I'm not building 'em :P
# of LEGO Pieces: shoot, your guess is as good as mine 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

*but there's some 'thing' that used to come to the mall every now and then,
 that had HUGE LEGO monuments (Statue of Lib., White House, Lib. Bell, Lincoln
 Memorial, etc, etc.)...really impressive stuff..or so it seemed at age 7.

First LEGO Set: <think, think> I _think_ it was the 3-pack that included
  the 6824 Space Dart-I and two other smaller space sets..I've long since 
  lost the instr. for all 3, but all the pieces are still around

Favorite Theme(s): Space, space, and space :P (I have quite a few sets from
                   the other themes, but a severe chunk of 'em are Space)  

Favorite Set(s): 6980 Galaxy Commander, 6990 Futuron Monorail, 6274 Caribbean
                 Clipper (the 6285 BSB would be in this list too..if I um,
                 had one)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron figs and the revamped '88 Space 
  suit guys (Futuron and such)..especially the elusive black suit guy. Also, 
  the original Forestmen.                                  

Set/theme you would like to see: some sort of Military theme...Air Force type
  jets, Aircraft carrier, battleships, tanks, jeeps, etc. (and I don't wanna 
  hear about "guns and such are bad"..lookit all the guns in the Pirates and 
  WW themes..not to mention _dynamite_ for Pete's sake.

Current LEGO Project: Putting all the old stuff back together is enough for
  now..but I do have two semi-original creations that are still intact...one 
  is a variation on the middle pod of the 6894 Blacktron Invader..sorta like 
  a Dignitary shuttle that stands alone, as well as combines with the Invader
  (and the Blacktron leader for me, was the only original black suit space guy
   I had...see, he was a traitor, split off and formed BT :P)

   I also built something that looks suspiciously like the Alien Moon Stalker
   (since I never had one, but wanted one) crossed with a SW AT-AT...main 
   difference is it uses 8 corner castle pieces for the sides, as opposed to 
   those funky 2-way sloped windows. I built a Blacktron clone of it, but
   it was 'defeated' shall we say..it'd be easy to rebuild, as I still have
   the 'original'.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: As for totally original creations...I built
  a fairly large Enterprise..two different times, when I was young. The 
  second was a heck of a lot more sturdy and just better looking than the
  first. Unfortunately...to build it, I had to snag pieces from just about
  EVERY Space set I owned, so when I wanted to build the original sets back,
  well, I watched Star Trek III and re-enacted the end :P I made some
  instructions...but I was only maybe 10-11, and while they seemed to make
  perfect sense at the time...they're pretty unintelligble now (although,
  I can make out the basic design..plus I've gotten lotsa sets/pieces since, 
  so I could probably improve on it). 
  I also built a Millenium Falcon at some point, using 2 sets of grey
  airplane wings for the front part...the best thing was, it used mostly
  castle pieces (grey, ya know) so it lasted longer than the Enterprise,
  and actually was 'part' of my Space setup for a while. Alas...I never
  made instructions, but IIRC it was really nice.

  Oh..these were both at minifig scale..well, not SCALE scale (as the 
  Enterprise woulda been huge), but you get my drift)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Well, I'm a toy junkie...I got back into all
  sorts of other things about 2 years ago...old Star Wars toys, old
  Transformers (as well as the new SW and TF lines..how else do you think
  I wandered into the LEGO aisle, and bought all the Robo-Force sets?),
  and misc. assorted action figures, those 1:18 die cast cars (since I'll
  never get a 1:1 '63 Cobra). Also, CDs, concerts, movies, and computers 
  to touch on other stuff that's 'interesting' to me (notice, Univ. of TX
  ain't in there).

*Just to add another factoid not on the survey...most recent purchase..

I always wanted a Space Shuttle..not some crazy freaky Space vehicle..I
mean, NASA shuttle. Unfortunately, I reached that "Hey man, I'm too old for 
toys" stage circa 1989-90 (my last set as a 'kid' was the Caribbean Clipper)
and exited stage left before the 1682 Town Space Shuttle came out. I vaguely
remember seeing it back then..but never got it. Now I trot back into the
scene and find that I've apparently missed the bigger-better-badder 6339
Launch Command Shuttle Launch Site set. Well..I didn't find that, but I found
a dusty ol' 6544 Shuttle Transcon 2 the other day..near as I can tell, the
shuttle from this set is 99% identical to the one in 6339, so I'm kinda
happy..I have a bona-fide Space Shuttle (to encounter the UFO aliens come 
July)...albeit..about 10 years later than I would've liked.




From: wedders@aol.com
Date: 4 Apr 1997 13:38:58 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Walter Edders  
Gender:M  
Year of Birth:12/19/65  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Ran away!  
Location:Calumet City, IL  
E-mail Address:wedders@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:married  
Children: 2 
Occupation:Xerox Service Engineer  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Jan. 97  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:130  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:40
# of LEGO Pieces:Not enough to build my dream house.  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:Basic #125?  
Favorite Theme(s):Space, Town(buildings !)  
Favorite Set(s):LL928  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see:bars, brothels, massage parlors 
Current LEGO Project:scale model of my house  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:own all original space sets from 78-81  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:woodworking, remodeling  




From: jbraun@pressenter.com (Max & Jeanice G. Braun)
Date: 5 Apr 1997 19:56:59 GMT
Organization: Little Sky Valley

Name: Max B
Gender MALE
DOB 4-70
Mental age 12
Local Hudson Wi (30 minutes from Mall of America)
e-mail jbraun@pressenter.com
Married
no children
Occ. Cook
on RTL since 2-97

# of sets 280
# of Pieces 20255
# of LEGO fests attended 8
# of LEGO theme prks visited 1 LEGO imagination center MOA

1st Set London Bus (# escapes me at the moment)
Fav theme TOWN
Fav Set Launch n Load Seaport, Royal knights castle, and Pizza to go
Current LEGO project The IRON CROSS a large hot air baloon studded with cannon

Greatest claim to LEGO fame; 1st place at Creative Kid Stuff's annual LEGO 
building compitittion 1996

Other intrests Military History, Local History, Stratigy Games, and things I 
can not mention here.
 



From: "The World of Kevin O." <komartin@unm.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 23:09:56 -0600
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Name: Kevin M
Gender MALE
DOB 7-75
Mental age 10
Local--Rio Rancho, NM (30 minutes from Albuquerque)
e-mail komartin@unm.edu
Single
no children
Occ. Bank Teller
on RTL since 7-96
 
# of sets 50
# of Pieces 7500
# of LEGO fests attended 0
# of LEGO theme prks visited 0
 
1st Set--Seige Tower  6061
Fav theme Old Town (1980's)
Fav Set--Shuttle Launch Pad, Wild West, Trains
Current LEGO project--Martin Hotel and Casino
From: Kevan Houser <103753.3631@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 15:17:56 -0700
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated




Name:Kevan Houser
Gender:male
Year of Birth:1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Alive and kicking
Location:SF, CA
E-mail Address:103753.3631@compuserve.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):n/a
Marital Status: not yet
Children: none
Occupation: medical
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 95

Name:Kevan Houser
Gender:male
Year of Birth:1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Alive and kicking
Location:SF, CA
E-mail Address:103753.3631@compuserve.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):n/a
Marital Status: not yet
Children: none
Occupation: medical
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:~150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: three
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000-40,000 (????)(What, you want me to count?!)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0  But I'd go if somebody had one in the Bay Area!
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 But I'd like to go to the one in San Diego 
	when it opens.
First LEGO Set: Can't remember.  I had the original Swiss Villa as a kid in 
the 70's (I still have the special baseplate and the instruction book.)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Space, Wild West (Heck, I like it all except for 
the butt-ugly Aquasharks stuff.
Favorite Set(s): Royal Knights Castle, Robo-raptor, Android base.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those three-high 4 stud octogonal column-type
pieces.
Also cool are the little bat-kabobs and the chain elements new this year. 
Set/theme you would like to see:Greco/Roman cities!  Aztecs!   
Current LEGO Project: A big castle and a bigger space colony.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I got a 42 year old female coworker hooked on 
LEGO.  She's spent 100's of dollars on stuff.  She likes space....

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Languages, Investing, X-Files, Running, other 
good stuff.




From: Dan Piergallini <bacardi@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 17:09:49 -0700
Organization: Creative Ideas Inc.

Name:  Dan Piergallini
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  Government with holds this onformation from me
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Sitting in front of computer.  Pinehurst, NC
E-mail Address:  bacardi@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5959/lego.html
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5959/rtlpage.html
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  over 150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None
# of LEGO Pieces:  Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  Almost 1.  Almost went while in Denmark,
part found out was on other side of country.

First LEGO Set:  Basic something
Favorite Theme(s):  all but large scaled
Favorite Set(s):  None.  Just which is the newest
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  BURPS, and aquanauts
Set/theme you would like to see:  Military
Current LEGO Project:  Black Squad

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  RTL'er Magazine

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, videogames, TV, music, sports

-Dan Piergallini
bacardi@mindspring.com
Editor of RTL'er Magazine

Visit the RTL'er Magazine homepage for a free subscription at:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5959/rtlpage.html




From: Novy <dnovy1@uic.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 07:47:14 -0500
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Daniel Novy  
Gender:male  
Year of Birth:1978  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:eleven-teen, status: slightly insane  
Location:Chicago, IL  
E-mail Address:dnovy1@uic.edu or dnovy@eecs.uic.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):N/A  
Marital Status:single  
Children:none that I know of......  
Occupation:professional student  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:August of 96  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:only a couple  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:a few
# of LEGO Pieces:can't count that high  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:I can't remember, Does Fabuland count???  
Favorite Theme(s):Castle, Aquazone  
Favorite Set(s):Any castle  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Majisto  
Set/theme you would like to see:I wanna see that crimescene stuff come out 
Current LEGO Project:My grand castle setup that I still need minifigs for  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none yet  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Collecting Star Wars figs, participating in
athletics, ya know the fun stuff.  




From: John and Karen <j27k@sprintmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 19:07:24 -0700
Organization: Sprint
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: John Hughes 
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 1962 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I feel like I just left H.S., there is
so much to learn! 
Location: Anaheim, CA 
E-mail Address: j27k@sprintmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A
Marital Status:
Married                                                        
Children: 2, ages 6 & 11 
Occupation: Maintenance supervisor of a plastics manufacturer 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 158 as of 5/3/97 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3, not counting kits I haven't got
around to assembling!
# of LEGO Pieces: Over 25000 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 6353 Coastal Cutter
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Divers 
Favorite Set(s): 6986 Mission Commander, 6340 Hook and Ladder 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Magnets, chain and gear drives 
Set/theme you would like to see: Something aimed at adult collectors,
very complex and involved.
Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize my sets, they're taking over
our house!!  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bought 30 or so classic Space and Town for
$100. Right place at the right time.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Video games, racquetball, hockey. 




From: Richard Kim <richk@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:02:10 -0700 (PDT)

Name:      Richard Kim
Gender:    Male
Year of Birth:  1977 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location:  Seattle Washington
E-mail Address:  richk@u.washington.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://weber.u.washington.edu/~richk
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:   Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Novemeber 1996  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  43
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 6683 
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None

First LEGO Set:  #6824 Space Dart I
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s):  #6085 Black Monarch's Castle (I wish I still had it!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Anything Castle!
Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Roman Empire with a Hannibal in
Carthage sub theme...also maybe a WWII theme with little soldiers, tanks,
jeeps, mini soldier camps. Maybe also a civil war theme?

Current LEGO Project:  Building all of my currently unmade sets...which
                         is all 43 sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Finding my Galaxy Explorer Set! with the
                                box and instructions in tact!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Sports Cards, Starting Lineup figures, Star
              Wars figures, Transformers, various other action figures




From: Bram Lambrecht <gbd@pop.cwru.edu>
Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 17:49:15 -0500
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:                   Bram Lambrecht
Gender:                 Male  
Year of Birth:          1982
Mental Age/Status of 
  Inner Child:          15
Location:               Cleveland Hts., OH
E-mail Address:         gbd@pop.cwru.edu 
                        blambrec@mail.chuh.cleveland-heights.k12.oh.us
LEGO/home page URL(s): 
http://tiger.chuh.cleveland-heights.k12.oh.us/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/LEGO/
Marital Status:         Single 
Children:               None
Occupation:             Student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     110+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None- I open everything right away
# of LEGO Pieces:                 Too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:          None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:    None

First LEGO Set:    6502 Turbo Racer (My first LEGOLAND Set, I think)
                   (I got it before I was 5, so it's kind of difficult
                   to remember.  Before this I had Duplo and a couple
                   of BASIC sets.)
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town is second
Favorite Set(s):   
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2420 2x2 corner plate (It's 
                                  extremely useful) 
Set/theme you would like to see:  a space town including
spaceports,                                   housing, and other town
elements.
                                  (all futuristic, of course)
Current LEGO Project:  Large Spaceship-so far all I have is a few 
                       escape pods and a centrifuge to simulate gravity
                       so the minifigs' bones don't deteriorate.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My LEGO Star Wars Models

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, airbrushing, drawing, cars




From: "Tyler J. Wagner (Fen)" <tjwagner@polymail.calpoly.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 00:29:27 -0700
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Tyler Jim Wagner 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1977 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location: Morro Bay, CA 
E-mail Address: tjwagner@polymail.calpoly.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.csc.calpoly.edu/~tjwagner  (not complete yet)
Marital Status:  Engaged
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student, System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  October 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 250+ instructions, # of sets unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None, I play, not collect
# of LEGO Pieces:  several hundred pounds
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  I don't even remember, possibly some basic set 
Favorite Theme(s):  Space (original)
Favorite Set(s): 6890 - Cosmic Cruiser, several sets of my own design,
                 Twin Starfire (don't know #)  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Pirate Minifigs, Blacktron II Minifigs
Set/theme you would like to see:  Aliens (this July!)
Current LEGO Project:  A really large table-top spaceport 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Once made a really cool base with a
working elevator, lights, refueling station, and port.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Nintendo games, bowling with friends,
dancing, pool, mountain biking




Date: 11 May 1997 22:12:53 GMT

Name:Sean Hollister
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1985
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:!3
Location:San Jose,CA	
E-mail Address:monad@best.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):none
Marital Status:none
Children:none
Occupation:Kid
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:June 95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:15-30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:none
# of LEGO Pieces:too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none

First LEGO Set:Police Car,I forget the number
Favorite Theme(s):Space,Castle,Divers
Favorite Set(s):Tie Between Explorien Starship,and Royal Knights Castle.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):James Quicksilver(the Armada Captain),
and the Explorien Pilot.
Set/theme you would like to see:Star Wars
Current LEGO Project:Space Station Alpha Radion 5

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Star Wars Speeder Bike.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Hanging out on r.t.l.,playing Castle Infinity.




From: "Patrick Goodsell" <goodsell@ziplink.net>
Date: 4 Jun 1997 21:49:37 GMT
Organization: ZipLink -- America's Hottest ISP
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Patrick (Pat) Goodsell
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Adult - Who says you have to be a kid??
Location: Chicago, IL
E-mail Address: goodsell@ziplink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1  ( 11 months old )
Occupation: Network Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sporadically since May '96, daily since December

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  55
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces: 14,000 +
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set: Basic set circa '78
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic
Favorite Set(s): Most (old) space, Technic
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Updated monorail, return of 'classic'
LEGO space
Current LEGO Project: Shipping everything from my parent's house in CA

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:NONE

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, do-it-yourself type kits




From: "ekeneve" <ekeneve@pdnt.com>
Date: 5 Jun 1997 18:07:03 GMT
Organization: Dell Computer Corporation

Name:Matt   
Gender:Male  
Year of Birth:8-13-84  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:5  
Location:IL  
E-mail Address:ekeneve@pdnt.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):None, working on one though.  
Marital Status:None  
Children:None  
Occupation:Student  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Somewere around March 15, 1997  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:50-60  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:2,000-3,000?  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:A basic bucket  
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate (I like the big boats;))  
Favorite Set(s):Skulls Eye Schooner  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):U.F.O. Guys  
Set/theme you would like to see:Return of the Soldiers 
Current LEGO Project:Assembaling all my sets  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Biggest collection in my family(including
cosins, uncls, etc.....)  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Anything with a computer  




From: "Terry Keller" <AAJK@Mworldnet.att.net>
Date: 6 Jun 1997 02:08:29 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Terry Keller  
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 
Location:  Phoenix, AZ
E-mail Address: New e-mail -> Legoverse@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/4654/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None (just myself)
Occupation:  Self Employed
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  mid 96 (this form posted June 5, 1997)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  whoa! over 150? should I actually count all
those stored boxes?

# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 (Plus a bunch of polybags) such as a
Technic Shuttle-Explorien Starship-Model Team Mach II Red Bird-three
Shuttle Transcon II's, etc. 

# of LEGO Pieces:  lemme see... uh well over 12,000 (gimme a year to refine
that number) Geez, the unopened sets are about 5000, and my storage system
is already full. One reason the above sets aren't opened. Yet....
ACK! to many Lego!!!

# of LEGOfests Attended: Zilch.  Though that sounds so cool....

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Just a traveling display in Phoenix about 20
years ago.  They had a big statue of liberty, a castle, and uh..uh a  few
other things I really don't remember.

First LEGO Set:  Don't remember-but I do remember those cool wheels with
steel axles and 2x4 bricks that you press them into. Now that was high
technology. I liked those better than todays all-plastic ones.

Favorite Theme(s):  Space and Space and I guess, Space. And Technic.

Favorite Set(s):  tough one.  The super car I guess. Just for the ingenious
detail. I haven't assembled my Technic Shuttle yet (gasp from the reader),
so who knows?

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  no particular piece, though I like wing
pieces.

Set/theme you would like to see: Military Aircraft.  Imagine an F-16
Fighting Falcon and MIG-29 Fulcrum. Way Cool.

Current LEGO Project:  My nephew wants me to build a Star Wars Y-Wing to go
with my B-Wing and his X-Wing.  I recently finished an E-Wing instead.
Just got the pix back, once scanned they should be up on my site soon. (all
the finished "wings" and more)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Fame?  Is somebody giving out awards?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, skiing, reading, must see TV,
X-philes, and for some reason - don't ask me why - This Old House on PBS.
Which reminds me.. it's almost time for tonight's episode of TOH start,
gotta go.... :-)




From: JKMCHUG@VM.SC.EDU (Sha-Kel)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 97 23:50:01 EDT
Organization: USC

Name: Sha-Kel
Gender:
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Looking at reflections in the water...
Location: South Carolina, USA
E-mail Address: sha-kel@unforgettable.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: Single
Children: none...
Occupatio: Student   :-)
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: June 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces: 6000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none, but i went to an exhibit at a mall once, with
                         big america-flavored creations....
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: 1984 Knight's Castle (set6073)
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): Airport, when i was a kid...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any smiling legoguy is ok in my book.
Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Civilizations sound cool...
Current LEGO Project: Getting my collection in back in order after years.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Basketball, Pink Floyd, Biology Major




From: Bryan Van Horn <bvanhorn@www.pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:38:00 -0800
Organization: CrazyBry Enterprises

Name:  Bryan Van Horn
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth: 1963 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Juvenile Delinquent
Location:  Yacolt, WA
E-mail Address: bvanhorn@www.pacifier.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Married, Holly.  She buys me Lego for my birthday and 
Christmas.
Children:  One, Sebastian Tarrant, born 1997 and still to young to play 
with daddy's Lego Bricks.
Occupation:  Technician, Hewlett Packard  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Been reading on my lunch break since 1994,
couldn't post from work for various reasons. 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  I have no idea.... maybe 150 to 200?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None, I gotta play.
# of LEGO Pieces:  50-60 gallons.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Some Blacktron I thing with a lot of wheels.
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquasharks, Pirates, Wild West, Space, Town, Divers,
Castle.
Favorite Set(s):  The first Aquashark Sub (I bought 4 of them)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any fig that scowls and has beard 
stubble can't be all that bad.
Set/theme you would like to see: Amazons?  Any theme or set with a ton
of female figs.  I need them to hang out with all the scowling, unshaven
figs that inhabit my house.  Of course they would all been strong, 
independent female figs, only slightly taller than any other male fig,
hence the Amazon theme.

Current LEGO Project:  Unpacking and rebuilding my sets.  Disigning an
ubercastle and an Aquashark undersea base that will house 5 Shark Subs.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, books, drawing, painting, 
sculpting, not getting fired from work, and most importantly, my family.




From: rodriguez.136@osu.edu (Jorge Rodriguez)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:07:57 GMT
Organization: Cornell University

Name: Jorge Rodriguez   
Gender:Male  
Year of Birth:7-31-77  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Eternal 
Location:Logan Ohio (summer) Ohio State during school
E-mail Address:rodriguez.136@osu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):None 
Marital Status:None  
Children:None  
Occupation:Student  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1997  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:50-60  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:@3000  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:a fuel tanker truck from exon  
Favorite Theme(s): Space ( Blacktron)  
Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Renegade  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Blacktron  
Set/theme you would like to see:Return of the Soldiers 
Current LEGO Project: designing next fighter in line
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:biking, computers stuff  




From: hedgeboy@fish.hooked.net (Guy Fullerton)
Date: 1 Jul 1997 19:15:22 GMT
Organization: Hooked Online Services
Reply-To: hedgeboy@kagi.com
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Guy Fullerton
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25
Location: Mountain View, CA
E-mail Address: hedgeboy@kagi.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.wenet.net/~hedgeboy/
Marital Status: Attached
Children: None
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March '97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~35
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ~5000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: don't remember
Favorite Theme(s): wild west, pirates, space, castle
Favorite Set(s): Star Hawk II, Bandit's Hideout
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All of them!
Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Rome
Current LEGO Project: Cleaning stuff up :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothin, yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: hockey, computers




From: Chris Copeland <ronin@smithprotective.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:44:53 -0500
Organization: INTERNET AMERICA

Name:           Chris Copeland
Gender:         Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9
Location:       Arlington, TX
E-mail Address: ronin@airmail.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  web2.airmail.net - no lego yet
Marital Status:         single hahaha
Children:       nope
Occupation:     Network Admin
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:         Dec 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  around 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:       yeah right
# of LEGO Pieces:  around 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:        None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None

First LEGO Set:  575 Coast Guard Station
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s):  anything rescue related
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  police motorcycles
Set/theme you would like to see: Samuari Japan
Current LEGO Project:  replica of Dallas

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Bulit Uzi 9mm complete with cocking mech.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Martial Arts, Biking, Swimming




From: Philip Goodey <phil.goodey@zetnet.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:17:37 +0100
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:                                Phil Goodey
Gender:                              Male
Year of Birth:                       1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:    You tell me
Location:                            Hornchurch, Essex, England
E-mail Address:                      Phil.Goodey@zetnet.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):               Not yet
Marital Status:                      Married
Children:                            Megan 6, Esther 5
Occupation:                          Pastor of a Church of England Church
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:              May 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:        200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:    0
# of LEGO Pieces:                    10s of Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended:             None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:       LegoLand Windsor 3 times

First LEGO Set:                      Unknown
Favorite Theme(s):                   Technic & 9v Trains 45xx series
Favorite Set(s):                     4558 Euro Express,  8485 Control II
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):     The Dragon (Ogwyn) 
Set/theme you would like to see:     Models of famous bridges 
(London Bridge) 
Current LEGO Project:                To own some 9v Trains!!!!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
      Made National Papers week before Christmas 1996 with lego collection

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 
      Christianity, Kites, Science Fiction & Fantasy.




From: Marsha Makela <marzm@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 07:48:44 -0400
Organization: Erol's Internet Services

Name:        Marsha Makela
Gender:       Female
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  19 yrs.
Location:     Silver Spring, Maryland
LEGO/home page URL(s):   none
Marital Status:  28 years (and proud of it)
Children:  FIVE (proud of them too), ONE grandson (totally in love with
him)
Occupation:  Residential Electrician
Number of Unopened Sets:  80
Set/Theme would like to see:  Naval Theme (aircraft carrier)
Favorites:  Town, Classic Space
Parks Visited:  None--but will be in Carlsbad in 1999 for the opening
RTL:  about 4 months




From: exitg@aol.com (ExitG)
Date: 3 Aug 1997 00:58:22 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Carrie  Whitcher
Gender:  female
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:   CA
E-mail Address:ExitG
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  happily divorced
Children:  1 cat, Socks
Occupation:  high school teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  125
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:  Universal 300 something
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  Blacktron
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  colored see-thru  plastic
Set/theme you would like to see: more Space
Current LEGO Project:  My boyfriend is helping me design a 3-story lego
set display shelf, 8'X5'.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The kid with the biggest toy collection at
my high school is me (& my legos...)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Botany, floriculture, insects, hiking,
visiting National Parks, prospecting for gold...




From: Douglas Pool <d-pool@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 23:22:29 -0500
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Name: Douglas Pool  
Gender: male  
Year of Birth: 73  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13? 
Location: IL aka corn country
E-mail Address: pool@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  single
Children: hope not 
Occupation: grad student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: November 96? 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  6 different kind here
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 for now
# of LEGO Pieces:  650 here
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Hard to say, was really young, basic set though
Favorite Theme(s): Anything to do with aircraft, especially technic 
Favorite Set(s): 8456 - Fiber Optic Multi Set (don't own it yet ;) 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see: More authentic planes
Current LEGO Project: Making molecules out of lego 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Got someone in my research group hooked on 
lego :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, playing with the computer, 
shooting trap and skeet





From: Wilson Tam <wtam@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 01:24:37 -0700
Organization: NBTel Internet
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Wilson Tam
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: '82
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ?
Location: Canada
E-mail Address: wtam@nbnet.nb.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: unmarried 
Children: n/a
Occupation: n/a
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-70
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 4,000 to 5,000 pieces
# of LEGOfests Attended: n/a
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: n/a

First LEGO Set: Some Universal lego set with that bulky mini-figs
Favorite Theme(s): Town (NOT TOWN JR.! :-)), Wild West 
Favorite Set(s):6398 (Central Precient HQ)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):A frowny Chief of Lego Police
Set/theme you would like to see:Star Wars, Military and more L&S sets
Current LEGO Project: Hope to squeeze in more room for Lego...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't remember :-(

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, computer and video games, Sailor Moon,




Date: 3 Aug 1997 12:22:22 GMT

Name:                                 Kyle Peterson
Gender:				Male
Year of Birth:			'74
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	11
Location:				Dayton, OH
E-mail Address:			kyle@allegro.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):		www.allegro.net/kyle
Marital Status:			Single
Children:				0	
Occupation:				Director of Marketing for an 
				Internet comm company
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:		6-97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:		60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:     Why leave them in the box?
# of LEGO Pieces:			Beats me!
# of LEGOfests Attended:		0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:	0

First LEGO Set:			That old Police station from the
					70's	
Favorite Theme(s):			Castle
Favorite Set(s):			Blacksmiths shop
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):	Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see:	Egyptian
Current LEGO Project:			Huge Elven Forest featuring
					4 large trees with huts on top
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:		Like the ewoks.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:		Toy collecting, Tennis




From: legobeaver@aol.com (LegoBeaver)
Date: 3 Aug 1997 18:38:42 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Chris Faller
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1990
Age:  7
E-mail Address:  LegoBeaver@aol.com
On RTL since:  March 1997
# of sets in Lego collection:  approx. 130
# of unopened sets in collection:  approx. 10 (my Mom bought a bunch
through your great Lego auctions & hasn't given them to me yet!)
# of Lego pieces:  Millions & millions
First Lego set:  545 Basic set & Dragon Wagon set
Favorite themes: Any space, but especially M'Trons, Unitrons & Blacktrons,
also the new UFO's are pretty cool
Favorite sets: For now, my favorite is the M'Tron Multi-Core Magnetizer,
but we won the Monorail Transport Base in a recent auction & I'm sure that
once I build that, it will be my all-time favorite!!
Favorite piece:  transparent yellow rocket piece on the front of the
Magnetizer
Favorite minifigures:  M'Trons & Unitrons
Set/Theme I'd like to see:  Something similar to Star Wars or Prehistoric
sets with dinosaur figures
Current Lego project:  collecting all the older (especially discontinued)
space sets I can find
Greatest claim to Lego fame:  Won certificate of achievement in Lego Space
Challenge
Other non-Lego interests:  collecting & playing with Star Wars figures &
vehicles, any other building sets such as K'Nex, Better Blocks, Erector
Set, etc.

P.S.  My Mom has encouraged & supported my Lego Mania by participating in
some of your great Lego auctions.  That's the only way we can possibly
collect the older sets.  Keep 'em going!!




From: Jeremy Rear <j.rear@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 20:47:40 -0700
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Name:                                   jeremy rear
Gender:                                 male
Year of Birth:                          1973
Mental Age:                             14
Location:                               portland (& eugene) oregon, usa
E-mail Address:                         j.rear@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):                  none
Marital Status:                         single, but happily dating a sweet girl
Children:                               none
Occupation:                             architect & industrial designer
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since:               march 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:           450
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:       50
# of LEGO Pieces:                       ~80.000
# of LEGOfests Attended:                1 (portland...long long ago)

First LEGO Set:                         LEGO set #367 Moon Landing (c.1975)

Favourite Theme(s):                     Town, Trains

Favourite Set(s):                       Nautica, Launch Commandand, RSQ 911 
					theme sets

Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):       muti-faced windshield (on Patriot 
					Jet), spigots

Current LEGO Project:                   Metropolis Legoland setting in 2019
	 (Blade Runner theme) with spinners (which have been designed and
 	 made to minifig scale)! Paramilitary police
	 enforcement team instead of a military (making it
	 legal LEGO!?)

Future LEGO Ambitions:                  Being able to store/setup all of my
	 sets, and creations safely, without dust attack

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:            allow me to think about this one :-)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:             travel, hiking, designing




From: "Dietmar Stuever" <rufus@uni-muenster.de>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 17:49:55 +0200
Organization: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Germany

Name: Rufus T. (although my parents names me Dietmar Stuever)   
Gender:Male  
Year of Birth: August 19, 1968 (there is a set with this number also)  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alternating between 5 and 50
Location: Muenster, Germany, Europe
E-mail Address: rufus@uni-muenster.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet :(( 
Marital Status: forbidden for kids :)
Children: am children enough
Occupation: student (economics)  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: april 1996  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: around 350 (98% space)  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 150
# of LEGO Pieces: far to less if you ask me :)
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 (planning windsor and billund)

First LEGO Set: a train-set (i think it was 120) from 1972 or so. the first
set i bought myself was 885 (raumgleiter) 
Favorite Theme(s): galax police, m:tron, blacktron II
Favorite Set(s): 6887 allied avenger, might be thrown over by the new
ufo-series
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the long trans-neon-yellow antennae 
Set/theme you would like to see: space rangers (to chase the evil? ufo's)
and sarascenes for the castle theme
Current LEGO Project: spreading lots of wonderful sets among the rtl-family
to fullfil their dreams :) 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?? noticing the different version of 6923 and
889 ?? (what's fame?)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: roleplaying, getting money for my Other (LEGO)
Interests 




From: Thad Sze <thadsze@roadrunner.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 11:10:46 -0600
Organization: The Santa Fe Institute

Name: Thaddeus Sze
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 12/ Very Healthy
Location: NM, for the moment
E-mail Address:
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 or 4; I can't resist building
almost anything that I get ahold of.
# of LEGO Pieces: don't know; should figure out sometime; mental note.
# of LEGOfests Attended: zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland Billund, twice.

First LEGO Set: Yellow Castle
Favorite Theme(s): 12V trains; town; technic; divers (not necessarily
in that order)
Favorite Set(s): Supercar; Search and Rescue; Rescue Chopper
(chinook style); High Speed Train
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate ship masts: useful for
masts, radio towers, telephone poles, etc.
Set/theme you would like to see: I would like to see a floating
boat based on the diver's theme; large hull as in old cargo ship, with
a big A-Frame to launch ROVs/ subs. I'd also like to see some sort
of historical theme: Roman empire; Ancient China; LEGO samurai, or some
such thing.
Current LEGO Project: Packing away my sets for impending relocation

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Submitting a report on a Lego structure
to the National Register of Historic Places.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Celtic music, Field Hockey.




From: pdxyoda@aol.com (PDX Yoda)
Date: 8 Aug 1997 17:17:36 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Sam Bronkey 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  '75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Felt 21 at 16
Location:  Portland, OR
E-mail Address: pdxyoda@aol.com  yeah yeah...
LEGO/home page URL(s):  I wish.com  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Zip
Occupation:  Bus Driver
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  8/97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  20 not counting cheap sets
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I have no willpower
# of LEGO Pieces: zillions 
# of LEGOfests Attended: LEGO fest?  Like DOOMFest?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Can't afford all the LEGO sets I want, let
alone go to Denmark

First LEGO Set: Fire Station  
Favorite Theme(s): Space  
Favorite Set(s): I forgot 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate Captain 
Set/theme you would like to see: "Aliens" ala Sigourney Weaver
Current LEGO Project:  "Illyria" Large starship with lots of engines and
lots of weaponry

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Buying LEGO sets at garage sales  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Brewing, war history




From: Polly Swanson <pcs@vms.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 19:50:43 -0700
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Name:  G/J-erry 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  Kennedy won the presidential election
Age:  Now minus the year Eisenhower lost the presidential election
E-mail Address:  swanson@nsabp.gsph.pitt.edu
Web Page:	http://www.pitt.edu/~gls6
On RTL since:  24 years after Neil & Buzz landed on Earth's natural 	
	satelite. By the way, the first words said on the moon were
	"Contact Light", said by Buzz when the LEM made physical contact
	with the lunar surface.
# of sets in Lego collection:  Lost count
# of unopened sets in collection: What's an unopened set?
# of Lego pieces: See above
First Lego set:  A small Basic set from the year Challenger was lost.
Favorite themes: SPACE 
Favorite sets: Mine.
Favorite piece: The 4.5 volt Motor Block. 
Favorite minifigures: Classic Space (I only have 5)
Set/Theme I'd like to see: to paraphrase KIPLING: I am one who 
	builds alone, and all legos are the same to me.
Current Lego project: 1:700 Lego USS Enterprise, NCC-1701.
Greatest claim to Lego fame: Lego shuttle
Other non-Lego interests: Astronomy, Space, Trains, 
	Member of National Space Society, 
	Member of Arden Trolley Museum

The Enterprise model is completed, I have yet to finish the LDraw plans
and place them on my web page. I also completed a Mini-fig scale model
of a Space Shuttle, pictures are on the web. I like designing the models
more than I do building them. Many of the projects I've started have been 
inspired by other posts to this news group.




From: Carl Kuhne <ckuhne@netcom.ca>
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 11:03:23 -0400
Organization: Netcom Canada

Name:  Carl Kuhne
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1978  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8 or 9
Location:  Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: ckuhne@netcom.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.cybermail.net/~lemonilla/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  NONE
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  July 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  145+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 -- Billund!

First LEGO Set:  Either Shell Gas station or some Duplo set
Favorite Theme(s):  Town and Paradisa
Favorite Set(s):  Ristorante and Pizza to Go
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The classic minifig with the 'old'
face
Set/theme you would like to see: A Housing theme for town lego. 
Minifigs need a place to sleep!!
Current LEGO Project:  Building a Casino/Lounge beside my racetrack.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Hmm...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Internet, Partying, St. John Ambulance
Brigade (First Aid).




From: Steve Hass <hass@tir.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:53:40 -0700
Organization: The Internet Ramp

Name:Steve Hass 
Gender:Male  
Year of Birth:October 18, 1983 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:15/12
Location:Owosso, MI  
E-mail Address:hass@tir.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): no lego page yet 
Marital Status:single  
Children:me to young
Occupation:student  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:june 1997  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:75+  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:None why would I ever want an un opened
set?
# of LEGO Pieces:around30,000-60,514.1576  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set: either a dinky $4.00 futron/classic space set of a blue
bucket of basic blocks   
Favorite Theme(s):Space 
Favorite Set(s):Futron Moneral transport system  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):U.F.O alians 
Set/theme you would like to see: a classic series where Blacktron Space
police and futron righn again!!!! (me was too little to get more than a
cople of these sets)

Current LEGO Project:Expand my large lego base (takes up a large kitchen
table with leaf and baseplates stick of the edge already!) 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:ummm........see above  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HTML and java script and stuff like that




Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:41:12 -0600
From: paulocjunior@hotmail.com
Organization: Deja News Posting Service
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Paulo Caparica Junior
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  eternal
Location:  Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
E-mail Address: paulocjunior@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7714
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  Marina (7) & Gustavo (2)
Occupation:  Systems Analist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces:  7918
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  some lost basic set
Favorite Theme(s):  space
Favorite Set(s):  8042 Pneumatic Set (my first after the dark ages)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  all (even burps)
Set/theme you would like to see: 50's sci fi
Current LEGO Project:  Alderaban7

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Design, Architecture, Computers and Alchemy.




From: "Nick Corea" <ncorea@ea.com>
Date: 24 Aug 1997 16:41:56 GMT
Organization: New News Server at Electronic Arts

Name:  Nick Corea
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13 / going on 18
Location:  San Mateo, CA
E-mail Address: ncorea@ea.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none (yet!!)
Marital Status:  Single - :^(
Children:  none (yet!!) 
Occupation:  Computer Graphic Artist for Electronic Arts
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Late 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~100 (and 20+ 950 buckets)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 
# of LEGO Pieces:  > 2 cubic yards or so (if I count my sets, I can
hypothesize) 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 Bay Area get together
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 - :^(

First LEGO Set:  a basic set circa 1972
Favorite Theme(s): impossible to choose 
Favorite Set(s):  497 Galaxy Explorer, 6067 Guarded Inn, 4558 Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): No-Paint Tiles / Black Knight
Set/theme you would like to see:  Famous Architecture Series
Current LEGO Project:  All-Black Knight and All-White Knight, Big Fish
Series, and forever sorting




From: joel@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (Joel_Plutchak)
Date: 5 Sep 1997 21:11:41 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Joel Plutchak
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1959  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24
Location:  Champaign Illinois USA
E-mail Address: plutchak@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu/~joel/
Marital Status:  Married
Children: 2 preschoolers (as of 1997)
Occupation: Computer Programmer 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: ...before DejaNews started archiving in early 1995 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~14
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces: I don't keep track. 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 9605 (dacta) 
Favorite Theme(s): Technic 
Favorite Set(s): 9605 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): skeleton
Set/theme you would like to see: Brewery
Current LEGO Project: Indoctrinating toddlers into LEGO-do: The Way of LEGO

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None 

LEG0: TC++++(9605) SP,CA,PI,DU+ BV,PA-- MT>+++ #+ S+ LS++ H!? A--- YB59m 
Geek: GCS d(-) s+:- a C++(+)$ U+++$ P-(++)$ E-(---) M-- 5- b+++ y++++  g-(+++)




From: "Mr Wilkes" <s.d.birchall@surveying.salford.ac.uk>
Date: 5 Sep 1997 21:55:38 GMT
Organization: University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK

Name:  stu birchall
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  salford, england
E-mail Address: s.d.birchall@surveying.salford.ac.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  ruby.construct-it.salford.ac.uk
Marital Status:  single
Children:  0
Occupation:  phd student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  3
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:  Lego train set, two red car, electric.
# Favorite Theme(s):  space/aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  neptune sub-base
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the cool UFO alien figs
# Set/theme you would like to see: Lego rescue : international rescue theme
Current LEGO Project:  starship cygnus, from the black hole

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  destroyed early washing machine with lego
part

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  sci fi, educational pyschology, creative
writing




From: FlyingDutchman@unet.univie.ac.at (Ardjan Besse)
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 22:22:14 GMT
Organization: Vienna University, Austria
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Ardjan Besse
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  11
Location:  Vienna, Austria, Europe
E-mail Address: a8705125@unet.univie.ac.at
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not yet
Marital Status:  married
Children:  I am my own child...
Occupation:  Chemical analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Spring 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Old: ~50, new: ~20 (but big ones!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces:  Not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet

First LEGO Set:  After Dark Ages: 8062 Technic Suitcase
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Bat Lords, UFOs
Favorite Set(s):  8480 Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  A blue legged, red helmeted gray
backpacked astronaut, with "Bill&Mary" red/white stickers on torso...
Set/theme you would like to see:  Tough one to be original. Town
Lunaparc? Tolkien-like Fantasy? Technic Flight-Simulator?
Current LEGO Project:  "Mad Max"-type Technic Space Shuttle, then: Two
T-Rexes, then Wriggle-movement Car....

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Working on it...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  SciFi (No Starwars or Trekkies), Fantasy
(Tolien!!!), Queen, My wife. (This in reverse order... 8-)

Greetings, Ardjan

LEGO code V2.0 (Current status, under construction...)
LEGO: TC++++(8485,8480)FS+CA++(6097)PI+MOC+ BV-- #++ S-
LS++ Hmu M+ A@ LM-- VL>rd YB68mIC13

No junk-mail! Replace 'Flying_Dutchman' with 'a8705125'




From: magnew@together.net (Matt Agnew)
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 12:00:11 GMT
Organization: Together Networks - Burlington, VT.

Name:  Matt Agnew
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1969 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Burlington, VT USA
E-mail Address: magnew@together.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.together.net/~magnew
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Cat - Mildred Muffinhead
Occupation:  Letter Carrier, USPS
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  +/- mid '95

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  +/- 75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?  20,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Most likely some small early 70's car
Favorite Theme(s):  Train, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Airtech Claw Rig, Metroliner, Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Motors!
Set/theme you would like to see:  Wild West 9V Steam Train!
Current LEGO Project:  Replica Morgan trike.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  We have fame here?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Biking, Canoeing.

Geek Code: LEGO:TR++++(4558) TC+++(8868) MT++(5571) TO++ #++ S+ LS>++
Hmu A+ YB69m




From: "Eileen Thiessen :)" <e-tanng@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 09:16:50 -0500
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: E. Eileen Thiessen  
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 5 years past the time where I 
  want all of the Lego sets that I see.
Location:  Champaign, Illinois
E-mail Address:  thiessen@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none that I've done much with
Marital Status:  married
Children:  none
Occupation:  graduate student in Organic chemistry
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  ~12 August 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~22
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none!  I love playing with them and can
   currently not afford to get more than one major set--one to play with 
   and one to keep in an unopened box. :)
# of LEGO Pieces:  I've never counted.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none; but my husband attended Legoland in 
   Denmark, lucky guy!

First LEGO Set:  Skeleton Crew (a friend gave it to me and got me hooked!)
Favorite Theme(s):  Train, castle, and Technic
Favorite Set(s):  4559 train, 6389 Fire Control Center (inc.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see: None at the moment, since I'm just starting
   to find out what's out there already.  However, being a chemisty, I
   wouldn't mind a molecular model set made from Lego. :)
Current LEGO Project:  Sorting through a pile of Lego and trying to figure
   out what sets are there and then trying to put them together.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I made a cool looking snowman...hey, I just
   started getting into Lego about a month or two ago.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Cats, Books, Variety of crafts, Art

My Wish List:

  4565  Deluxe Freight Train
  8480  Space Shuttle
  9364  Dacta Hospital
  8459  Pneumatic Front-End Loader
  8456  Fiber Optic Multi-Set
  6097  Night Lords Castle
  6075  Yellow Castle (my husband apparently has this at his parents house
            in Santa Fe, so this wish may come true :))
  6350  Pizza to Go

And probably a bunch of other stuff that I haven't seen/considered. ;-)




From: robgagno@post.sigma.net (Robin)
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 12:15:46 GMT
Organization: Bell Network Solutions
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Robin Gagnon	
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1967 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Up to 18
Location:  Montreal - Canada
E-mail Address: nospamrobgagno@post.sygma.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Living with my girlfriend
Children:  none
Occupation:  Network Administratot
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  december 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  230
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  25000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Basic 1971, Can't remember the number
Favorite Theme(s):  Train- Town
Favorite Set(s):  SuperCar
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Micromotor
Set/theme you would like to see: WW Train
Current LEGO Project:  Building two towns with train that travel
between them.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Mountain Bike




From: William Kenlon <jwk@eaglenet.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 09:44:26 -0400
Organization: Self
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: J. William Kenlon (I forgot my first name ;-))

Gender: Male

Year of Birth: Unknown

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 30, 10 or so.

Location: Great Mills, Maryland, USA

E-mail Address: jwk@eaglenet.com

LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet

Marital Status: Very unmarried, unfortunately.

Children: None.

Occupation: Culinary student

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Some time in mid-1996?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >300 (not enough)

# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Not enough: 3

# of LEGO Pieces: ~25,000? (Not enough)

# of LEGOfests Attended: None.

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None.

First LEGO Set: 886-Moon Buggy, 889-Radar Truck, and 6924-Space Dart-1, 
purchased simultaneously.

Favorite Theme(s): SPACE!!  Aquazone, and Wild West.

Favorite Set(s): 487-Space Cruiser, 6987-Message Intercept Base.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything realated to Classic Space, 
Blacktron 1, or Space Police 1; Aquaraider minifig.

Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Mexican 
Village for Wild West, solid designs in Space, an Aquazone sub-theme 
without "Aqua-" in its name, cool-looking aliens (for a change), and a 
second Space sub-theme which lasts for 11 years straight. 

Current LEGO Project: Large futuristic spaceport/city which is sooo big 
that its three parts have to be built separately; being Space, Aquazone, 
and Western complete.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Large Aquashark Base, Large Unitron 
starship, Spaceport/city mentioned above.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, 
food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, NASA, LEGO.

If you are selling any boxes to Space, Aquazone, or Western sets, or any 
Space sets, contact me...please!!




From: "Tim \"Teem\" Lasko" <hidden@to.avoid.abuse>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 18:02:38 -0400
Organization: Organization, HAH! I'm still working on Collection!
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Tim "Teem" Lasko
Gender:  male
Year of Birth: 1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 (But I've got credit cards!)
Location: New Hampshire, mostly
E-mail Address: teeml on AOL, legoteem on Hotmail
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/2480/index.html
Marital Status: Still taken by my ever-tolerant nikin, the SO.
Children: None that I'm aware of, but I'm a deep sleeper. I'm sure my
sweetie would have told me...
Occupation: Rumor has it that I'm still paid to be a Principal Software
Engineer. You could fool me, though. I'm an occasional webmaster,
editor, project leader, slayer-of-trees, mailroom sorter, meeting
facilitator, Speaker-to-Microsoft, librarian, lab czar, system manager,
tilter-at-the-spam-windmill and release engineer. Writing software--who
does that anymore? You hire college kids to do that and give them either
Gatorade and 40-30-30 bars or Jolt and smack (depending on which
sub-culture you get) and they bang out an MFC-based POS that looks like
every other Microsoft POS in the last three days of your four-week
project after wasting most of their time surfing on the company T1 line
and the rest of it pressing buttons on their Tamogotchis. But do I sound
bitter? No! I'm not bitter. I remember coding a BASIC interpreter in 4
kilobytes on an 8088! I remember hand patching the paper tape for an IBM
360 magnetic tape driver! Do any of these kids remember 8" floppy disks?
Back when they WERE floppy?! Do any of them know how to read Hollerith
code? Sigh. Kids these days. No respect for the old days. What was I
talking about, anyway? Oh, yeah, LEGO! Sorry, ignore all that. Even the
parts that are true. Does anyone read these things anyway?
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994, but I've been lurking for a few years.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: GAH! I lost track three years ago. I said
600 then. I've got about 60 sitting on the living room floor right now
being demolished and sorted into the existing collection.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Well, in addition to the thirty or so
I'm demolishing and sorting this week, I've got about eighty or so boxes
hiding in the basement, twenty of which are more-or-less investment
quality, and about forty or fifty unopened theme bags. That's probably
an underestimate. My ever-tolerant nikin, the SO, suggests unkindly at
times that I could open up my own toy store.
# of LEGO Pieces: Oh, please.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: sigh, none

First LEGO Set: Basic Set 105...I still have the box and probably all of
the pieces, although last year I found out my kid sister was holding out
on me! Many years ago when my brother and I vacated the house to go to
college, she crawled through the basement and collected every stray
piece of LEGO she could find. (She was eleven then.) I got to see the
good-sized box she has been hoarding all these years. Lots of classic
70's pieces. Grrrr....
Favorite Theme(s): Town Town Town Town Town (castle) Town (wild west)
Town
Favorite Set(s): Basic set 730; the classic "trees and flowers"
accessory set; Basic Set 725 (I still have about six unopened right
now); oh, and Pizza to Go (forgot the number), a very fun set with those
shallow corner pieces. My favorite sets are those that generate good
parts. For instance, the current Metro PD Station has those GORGEOUS
black windows that I want to incorporate into my own designs.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): my two orange bricks (c. 1970); the
minifig of the ever-tolerant nikin based on the "Joe Cool" head w/blue
sunglasses, black body, brown "woman" hair, and the black, um, vine; any
bevelled brick is great and I especially like black and blue ones; the
big grey castle arches; I've become especially fond of thin wall pieces
and the extreme slope 6x8x1 roof bricks. I'll be putting some of my own
creatiosn on my WWW page using these elements.
Set/theme you would like to see: More complex town sets using nice
architectural elements. I'd like to see a "Classical/Ancients" theme,
even though it would never be done--just not enough kid interest. 

Current LEGO Project:  

Sorting. Cleaning out the basement so I can get back to building. I've
been on a buying spree lately thanks to some found money and an idle
time in my travels.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nothing worth mentioning in a while.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  

As before, that's still an open question. My main interest is the
ever-tolerant nikin, the SO, my love, my life, my joy, my muse, my
passion, my heart, and for whom I hope to give back large chunks of the
basement that I've taken over with the LEGO projects by her birthday
this year. (There, I've gone and posted it publicly. I'm committed now.
And not much time left, either. I've got a LOT of LEGO and other stuff
to move out.) My sweetie still has the power of finding, which helped me
in several clearance sales this year and even helped me spot a few old
Blacktron sets at Zellers during our last Canada trip that I picked up
on reflex. Her count is now up to ten states, two provinces, and two
other countries. I love her tremendously. Even more than my LEGO,
although she may not think so.

Other than LEGO and my sweetie, our interests include live-action
role-playing and costumery (No, we do NOT dress up as minifigs; she
wouldn't for one and she'd kill me if I did!). We play train games,
build Wattersonian snowmen, enjoy lapidary, science fiction, and good
food. We also travel, shock the locals, and enjoy the childhoods that we
missed out on for one reason or another. I enjoy a few other things that
my sweetie does not, and vice versa. This is goodness. There are other
things as well but I will not share them here. Do not let one interest
consume you.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim "Teem" Lasko -- jacking in via Digital Equipment Corporation,
Marlboro MA 
My addresses in this post are forged to avoid offensive bulk unsolicited
email.
My opinions are my own; the facts can speak for themselves. I'm on my
own time.




Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 19:41:34 -0600
From: espomen@erols.com
Organization: Deja News Posting Service
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: John Esposito
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1983
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hey, am I not young enough? :-)
Location: USA
E-mail Address: espomen@erols.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/6148/lego.html
Marital Status: I'm only 14! Duh! <g>
Children: (see above)
Occupation: Computer programmer/geek :-)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Hmm, I think 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40? I don't know.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 and proud of it!
# of LEGO Pieces: I have NO idea.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :-( :-(

First LEGO Set: Don't remember
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): Explorien Starship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): UFO Leader
Set/theme you would like to see: Classical civilization, Star Wars and
Star Trek
Current LEGO Project: Ice Planet heavy fighter (my brother, mostly)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Up and coming USS Enterprise-E

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, piano, electronics, sci-fi (only
Star Wars and Star Trek, really), submarines, whatever.

Note: I don't post much to RTL because I am having problems with Netscape
Mail, but I occasionally post with DejaNews, like now... ;-)




From: Dennis <"Dennis..Matheson@"@transquest..com>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 17:20:05 -0400
Organization: Delta Air Lines  
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Dennis Matheson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Atlanta, GA  USA
E-mail Address:  Dennis.Matheson@transquest.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0 Human - 3 Dogs
Occupation:  Lead Analyst - Forecast Modeling
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  uh.. 12?  (OK! So I just rediscovered
LEGO!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None
# of LEGO Pieces:  2-3k 
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set:  An unknown basic set 15 years ago.  It built houses.
Favorite Theme(s):  Divers, Aquanauts
Favorite Set(s):  1782 - Discovery Station
   (A sub, a helicopter, a research base with crane, *and* the nifty
    attacking shark.  Lots of things to play with.  And yes, I do make
    the "thwip, thwip, thwip" noise when I play with the helicopter.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The attacking shark subassembly from
1782
Set/theme you would like to see: A haunted house theme
   (Ghost and goblin minifigs.  Lots of black bricks.  Secret doors with
    skeletons that jump out when opened. etc.)
Current LEGO Project:  Building up my collection

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Least LEGO oriented home page

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Diving, hiking, skiing




Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:52:02 -0600
From: Ben Bonebrake <bxb190@psu.edu>
Organization: Deja News Posting Service
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Ben "Flyin' Ace" Bonebrake
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Around 12 (young enough to enjoy Lego,
                                   but old enough to take good care of
                                   it.)
Location:  Chambersburg, PA, USA (it's about 40 minutes away from
           gettysburg on US 30)
E-mail Address: bxb190@psu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  one coming soon to <A HREF=
"http://www.ma.psu.edu/~bxb190/bandit.htm">My Webpage</A>
Marital Status:  Single(sigh!)
Children:  0 human, 1 cat(Jedidiah), 1 rabbit (Leona), and one guinea
           pig(Dutchy)
Occupation:  Part time dishwasher, part time D.J.(weekends), and full time
             student at Penn State University (Telecomunications major)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~30 or 40 (increases weekly!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 and proud of it
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~2000-3000 (Hey, I don't count pieces)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  1984 space set: 6824 Space Dart, first set after first
                 dark ages (1986-88): 6808 Galaxy Trekkor, first sets
                 after second (and last) dark ages (mid 1994-mid 1996):
                 The Armada Sentry, and Royal knight's Crossbow boat
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s):  Royal knights and Crusaders(Classic Castle)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The Two-piece castle helmet(visor +
                              "motorcycle" helmet), BURP's, Straight
                               Castle Walls, castle corner walls, castle
                               turrets, and anything else castley
Set/theme you would like to see: Samarai/ninja subtheme for castle, plus a
                                 new "Good" Knights subtheme, except more
                                 of them having the too cool two piece
                                 helmets.
Current LEGO Project:  Getting more castle pieces, so I can raise my
                       biggest castle another story, (it's currently only
                       three stories high, counting the roof), and
                       expanding my lego castle collection.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  inventing the Ice planet color scheme on a
                              spaceship two years before the Lego group
                              came out with the Ice planet theme, and
                              haveing this same set in more or less the
                              same configuration (with a few
                              modifications) since 1989 (this, three
                              pirates, a firing cannon, and an Islander
                              set were the only things to survive my
                              second dark ages), and inventing a flyer for
                              the Royal Knights (It's sorta based on the
                              Gnomish flying machine used in Warcraft 2).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Biking, Action figures (especially
Star Wars), Electronics, Chess, and Medival history




From: "Foothills" <foothills@psnw.com>
Date: 10 Sep 1997 15:52:46 GMT
Organization: ProtoSource Network
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Kevin Deisher
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  20
Location:  near Yosemite, California
E-mail Address: foothills@psnw.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  married
Children:  Three; 2 boys ages 11 & 8 and 1 girl age 6
Occupation:  Project Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  25000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Some basic set around 1970...no idea of the number
Favorite Theme(s):  AquaZone
Favorite Set(s):  Explorien starship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  none
Set/theme you would like to see: Greek / Roman / Egyptian
Current LEGO Project:  Teaching my kids how to build and be creative

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Baseball, hockey




From: Jason Moulding <pcjmould@ihc.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:28:37 -0600
Organization: ihc.com

Name:  Jason Moulding
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Salt Lake City, UT
E-mail Address: pcjmould@ihc.com & gr8whiteshark@msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  married
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student/Hospital Administration
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  June 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  85
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Don't know
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one, in Billund

First LEGO Set:  I don't know, maybe an old double decker bus from the
70s.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s):  6066 Camoflauged Outpost
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Forestmen
Set/theme you would like to see: Military
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to become castle complete.  Almost there,
just waiting to get my sets in the mail.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Went to Billund
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  skiing, raquetball, sharks, and my wife.




From: Cabhammer <cabhammer@geocities.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:24:36 -0400
Organization: Cab's Used Battlemechs
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 

Name: Craig Squier
Gender:  male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 (Old enough 
for Technic!)
Location: Northern New York
E-mail Address: cabhammer on geocities, see below 
for work.
LEGO/home page URL(s): None (snifff)
Marital Status: Married, she tolerates Lego only 
because it keeps me out of trouble.
Children: One 11 month old big-boy (tm). He has 
Pre-Duplo and the new Lego caterpillar toy, he has 
already explored dad's collection with his 
mouth...he will have his own seperate Lego 
collection when he gets older.
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer, must be from all 
the Technic kits I had as a kid. (Kinda like 
physics, too) Eventually I will be able to retire 
to just play with Lego (or read Sci-Fi)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1991, but I had a Dark Age 
of no access for a few years.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: According to my wife 
: too many. Me: Not enough by far.I probably have 
ten cubic meters of boxes and legos packed away.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I think three. 
Mostly second sets I got at clearance, saving them 
for later.
# of LEGO Pieces: I need a Cray to count them.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, however i have 
a friend in Mineapolis who will be required to host 
me so I can see the Lego stuff at the Mall of 
America

First LEGO Set: I think it was the Cement factory, 
i had all the first year sets as a kid (still have 
pieces but no instructions)
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Technic, and Train. I like 
the Classic Space and new UFO stuff too.
Favorite Set(s): I love the Supercar 8880, I also 
have been toying with putting a jake in my Big Rig

Current LEGO Project: Sorting all my assorted 
bricks that don't have sets instructions or boxes.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bagged 20 pounds of 
Lego at a yard sale for $5 once.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

Reading Sci-Fi. BattleTech in all its forms (CCG, 
RPG, and Computer Games) Racing VWs. (Playing with 
my son (and his non-lego toys ;) ) Shooting Sports.

- 
SPAM will not be tolerated!  Cabhammer 
e-mail to: squier01@ssw.alcoa.nospam.com
Anti-spam: Remove "nospam" to email me.




From: "Greg Kramer" <kramer@bignet.net>
Date: 13 Sep 1997 01:23:22 GMT
Organization: ISPNews
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Greg Kramer
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Harrison Twp, MI
E-mail Address: kramer@bignet.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Ugh!  I don't have a home page yet! How
mortifying!
Marital Status:  Married 3 yrs
Children:  0
Occupation:  Software Development Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August, 1997 (very new here)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Approx 50 for keeping, another dozen or so
for trade
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Currently about ten, but I don't know
how many will
	make it to Monday.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  I was too young to remember.  I inherited some pieces
>from  my older sisters
around 1972 or so.  I still have some of these.  They're so old the bricks
still have "Patent Pending" (or its abbreviation) stamped on them.  But I
don't know what set they're from.

Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Castle, Space

Favorite Set(s):  Probably my old Galaxy Explorer (sigh). I miss her.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I once owned what I would call the "Grand
Slam" of LEGO:  Four of the classic sets, from each genre of the time (late
70s):  Galaxy Explorer from space, Main Street from Town, the original
yellow Castle, and the first expert series Auto Chasis.  Sadly, none of
them survived my Dark Ages.  I have a few of the pieces, and the tattered
instructions of the castle, but nothing else...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Tennis, Magic the Gathering

In the past 6 weeks since coming out of my dark ages (maybe I'll have to go
back and pinpoint the date, so I can celebrate it as an anniversary), I've
tried to rebuild my old lego collection by going to my nephews house (who
inherited my LEGO) and getting some of the pieces that remained of my
collection, and going on a shopping binge to find recently-discontinued
sets locally.  The 50 or so sets I now have I have accumulated in the past
six weeks, at an almost exhaustive pace (both for me and my budget).  But
it's been a great time!




From: Danton Berube <dabesq@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:29:06 -0500
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Name:  Danton Asher Berube, Sr.
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  Memphis, Tennessee
E-mail Address:  dabesq@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  divorced and engaged (not to the same woman)
Children:  2 -- Asher, 7 years old, and Michelle, 6 years old
Occupation:  Attorney -- Clients include two major railroads
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  35 (most belong to my son)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  5
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea -- but about 10 critical pieces less than I
am supposed to have
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none -- I'm not even quite sure what one is
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none YET, but as soon as southern
California's opens we're there -- plus I will probably visit the
original in Europe one day
First LEGO Set:  Much too long ago to remember
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains
Favorite Set(s):  Metroliner -- if I can ever find one!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see:  
Current LEGO Project:  Assembling a train collection

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My son, no doubt about it -- He is very
excited because he has two entries in the Midsouth Fair Lego contest
and, judging by the competition we saw when we delivered his models, he
has a good chance of winning a ribbon! :-)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, reading, travel




From: rfarver@enter.net (Rob Farver)
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 21:07:55 GMT
Organization: ENTER.NET
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:                               Rob Farver
Gender:                             Male
Year of Birth:                      1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:   Haven't given it much thought
Location:                           Bath, PA (near Allentown)
E-mail Address:                     rfarver@enter.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):              http://www.enter.net/~rfarver
Marital Status:                     Married
Children:                           Rachael (2.5y), Michelle (11m)
Occupation:                         Field Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:             late 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:       A lot (really I have no idea)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:   ~220 (including 40 I bought today)
# of LEGO Pieces:                   I'll have to work on that
# of LEGOfests Attended:            0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:      0 (but can't wait for Carlsbad)

First LEGO Set:                     I believe that would be the
                                    Technic Sky Ranger? A medium
                                    black and yellow plane.
Favorite Theme(s):                  Model Team/Train/Town
Favorite Set(s):                    5571 Giant Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):    Purple piece from Technic Robot
Set/theme you would like to see:    Remote controlled Model Team
Current LEGO Project:               Working on an Auction actually

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:        Getting my wife to start playing
                                    by buying a couple DUPLO trains
                                    for Rachael, which she almost
                                    pushes Rachael out of the way to
                                    build.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:         Adventure/3D games on PC, Stamp
                                    Collecting, Gourmet Cooking




From: "C.D." <skywise@bigfoot.com>
Date: 1 Oct 1997 21:13:02 GMT
Organization: PSINet
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Chris Dial

Gender: Male

Year of Birth:  1970

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  
Thriving(?), According to my wife: 12

Location:  
Tulsa, OK USA

E-mail Address:
skywise@bigfoot.com

LEGO/home page URL(s):  
N/A (yet)

Marital Status:  
Married

Children:  
3

Occupation:  
Network Engineer

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  
About 12 Sept. 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  
13?  I've stopped counting...

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
0

# of LEGO Pieces:  
???

# of LEGOfests Attended:
0 (never heard of them before)

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:
0 (missed my chance to go to the one in Denmark :( )

First LEGO Set:  
First?  That was a Basic set of some kind back in the 70's...
More recently, it was the SuperNova II, in 1991.

Favorite Theme(s):  
Castles, no question.  Wolfpack rules!  I've always wanted to get into
trains, but $ got in the way.

Favorite Set(s):  
Wolfpack Tower, Followed by the rest of the castles...

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Skeletons!  They're just too cool!

Set/theme you would like to see: 
Maybe a palace.  Something with a grand ballroom.  Or more of the "village"
stuff like some of the older sets.

Current LEGO Project:  
Working on a Tavern with an underground complex.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
Convincing my wife to let me bid on Auczilla...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
My Family, Computers, RPG, Biking, Camping, Reading




From: dalcorn288@aol.com (DAlcorn288)
Date: 3 Oct 1997 18:05:03 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
From: cjc@cdc.net (Mike Stanley)
Date: 3 Oct 1997 21:06:47 GMT
Organization: Chattanooga Data Connection Inc.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Mike Stanley  
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1969  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10  
Location:  Knoxville, TN
E-mail Address: cjc@cdc.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~stajm/mylego.htm
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  1 Cat
Occupation:  Computer geek/student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  March 1997?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 30-40 
# of LEGO Pieces:  Billions and Billions
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Zero

First LEGO Set:  Some 1970's basic set
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s):  6081 King's Mountain Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Princess from 6081
Set/theme you would like to see: Feist or Jordan's worlds done in Lego
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to find space for too many sale items

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Leading my wife to Legomania :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading (fantasy), writing (poetry), lots more.




From: Chad Smith
Date: 6 Nov 1997 13:53:53 -0800
Organization: Original Zippo News Service [http://www.zippo.com]

Name:     Chad M. Smith
Gender:    Male
Year of Birth:     1972
Mental Age / Status of Inner Child:     10 or 11
Location:     Mishawaka, Indiana (near South Bend)
E-Mail Address:     csmith@nationalsteel.com
LEGO / Home Page URL:     none yet
Marital Status:     engaged, seven months and counting!
Children:     1 dog (Molly)
Occupation:     Marketing Analyst
On RTL Since:     August 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     100 +
# of Unopened Sets in LEGO Collection:     none
# of LEGO Pieces:     11,000 +
# of LEGOfests attended:     none
# of LEGO theme parks visited:     none
First LEGO set:     first one I have clear memories of is 780 Road Construction
Favorite Theme(s):     Space & Wild West
Favorite Set(s):     6769 Fort Legoredo, 483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base
Favorite Piece(s) / Minifigure(s):     "home-made" cowboy - Royal King head,
Chef torso, white pants, white cowboy hat (make your own!)
Set / Theme You Would Like to See:     Wild West train...heck, ANY new 
Wild West set!
Current LEGO Project:     Sorting my LEGO for future building
Greatest Claim to LEGO fame:     Once built the Millenium Falcon (Yes, I do 
have pictures)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:     Huh?  But seriously, science fiction, writing,
bowling, golf, Toastmasters International, planning my wedding




Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 09:05:03 -1000
From: Dan Jezek <danjezek@pixi.com>
Organization: Pacific Information eXchange, Inc.

Name: Dan Jezek
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5
Location: Kailua, HI
E-mail Address: danjezek@pixi.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
  1. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/7864/cragpage.html
  2. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/7864/index.html
Marital Status: Married to Lego
Children: All those little knights :-)
Occupation: Student (Business Computer Information Systems)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 10, 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 77
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: around 15,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Don't know, but the second one was 6382 Fire station.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): 6086, 6285
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPs & LURPs
Favorite Color scheme: Black + Grey + Green
Set/theme you would like to see: More Castle
Current LEGO Project: None right now.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
  1. Castle Skull Craag Keep
  2. 120+ Lego Links page

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'd rather keep that a secret




Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 16:17:36 -0400
From: Joakim Karlsson <aviator@mv.mv.com>
Reply-To: aviator@mv.mv.com

Name: Joakim Karlsson
Gender: Boy
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13, trying to get his hands on all
the sets he always wanted when the outer child was 13 too
Location: Concord, NH
E-mail Address: aviator@mv.mv.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mv.com/users/aviator
Marital Status: girlfriend who comes complete with her own legos
Children: Nope
Occupation: Airport Planner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 45 [These are sets that I have at home. I
have many childhood sets that are still with my parents in Austria.]
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: 6906 [This is the number of pieces in the 45 sets. I
probably have 10,000 counting other miscellaneous pieces and the sets my
parents have.]
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund)

First LEGO Set: I have fuzzy memories of a red delivery truck with 
doors on each side that opened, ca. 1970-72. This is possibly 348.
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): 487 Space Cruiser
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): White classic space minifig. I'm also
strangely enthralled by the new Technic turntable (see above set).
Set/theme you would like to see: A technic airplane with all movable
control surfaces (aileron, flaps, rudder, elevator), retractable landing
gear, and an engine
Current LEGO Project: Becoming UFO complete.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
I have nearly all the original classic space sets from 1978-1980,
including some
with classic space minifgs that use stickers instead of pre-printed
torsos. I also
have four of the original expert builder sets that later became technic.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Rock climbing, cycling (road and off-road), hiking, cross-country
skiing, rollerblading, reading




From: Micro <yamiolko@ucsub.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 09:14:46 +0000

Name:  Mike Yamiolkoski
Age:  25
M.S.:  Married
Kids:  none except me
Employment:  Student (Univ. Colorado @ Boulder)
Number of Sets in Collection:  150+
Number of Pieces:  lots
Oldest Set:  1975 (Lunar lander)
Favorite Themes:  Space, trains, FreeStyle  
Favorite Set in Collection:  The older-style yellow "King's Castle"



From: Mark Cornell <mcornell@chi.tds.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:55:18 -0500
Organization: TDSNET Internet Services(http://www.tds.net)

Name:  Mark Cornell
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11/He's in control :)
Location:  Concord, NH, USA (but my soul is in Tucson, AZ)
E-mail Address:  mcornell@chi.tds.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  SLW
Children:  none
Occupation:  Attorney
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  55ish
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  8 (one to mail, three waiting to be built,
three waiting to trade, one just holding   on to)
# of LEGO Pieces:  4,000-5,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: A bunch of bricks from 1974(?)
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates
Favorite Set(s): 6277
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I can't pick just one.....
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project:  Collecting Pirates, getting those Shell sets from my
distant relatives in Germany, and facing my adiction to special bits of ABS
plastic.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Being known at the post office as the attorney who
gets Legos in the mail. (The  postal workers can recognize that magic sound of
Legos being shaken in a box.)

   Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Miniature Wargames, bad TV, margaritas.




From: Ole Martin Bjoerndalen <olemb@stud.cs.uit.no>
Date: 20 Jan 98 23:33:46 +0100
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway

Name:  Ole Martin Bjørndalen
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  very active
Location:  Tromsø, Norway
E-mail Address:  olemb@stud.cs.uit.no
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.cs.uit.no/~olemb/lego/
Marital Status:  not
Children:  none
Occupation:  student / artist / all-round computer guy
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996, on and off

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 100? 200? 300?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  none
# of LEGO Pieces:  never too many
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  one (Billund)

First LEGO Set:  probably a Duplo set
Favorite Theme(s):  town!
Favorite Set(s):  #6693, #6378, #6392, #6372...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see:  reintroduce classic town!
Current LEGO Project:  my buzzing metropolis, and various
architectural experiments

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  third place in the Tromsø round
of the official LEGO building contest

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  just about anything, appearently




From: Elaine Wilson <closr@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 13:24:54 -0500
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Name:  Elaine Wilson
Gender:  female
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Oh, somewhere between 8 and 16. The
magic age that fits in the bogus "suggested age group" for Legos, but
can still drive to the store and charge things. ;)
Location:  Clearwater, Florida, but on my way back North where I belong
later this year.
E-mail Address:  closr@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://people.delphi.com/closr2fine/index.htm
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  copy editor/designer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994 (yes, really -- I think I last filled one
of these out during the first Clinton administration)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  approx. 60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  10 (mostly stuff I bought dupes of
without realizing it, plus a Dragon Defender which I think is just too
hideous to build)
# of LEGO Pieces:  I have no clue. Less than a million, more than
fourteen. Closer to fourteen.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I've been driven past the Carlsbad, CA
site -- *very* briefly, and without realizing it was there. Does that
count? :)

First LEGO Set: A big flat box with styrofoam dividers (childhood
memories are *so* undependable) from circa 1977.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle
Favorite Set(s): King's Castle, probably, but ... it's strange, but the
Paradisa Sand Dollar Cafe is almost cooler. They used pieces in ways I'd
never seen before.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love Majisto. I have nine of him.
They get together and conjure police boats and lock Timmys up in caves.
It's a party.
Set/theme you would like to see: I'd like to see the Adventurers sets in
my living room, please.
Current LEGO Project:  Purchasing more shelves so the Coastal Patrol
police boat isn't next to the Islanders anymore. It looks ridiculous.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The fact that I'm probably going to end up
paying an hour's wages for one lousy 'DkGray Belville Cat' in Auczilla,
just because I didn't buy the damn set that has it at MacFrugal's when I
had the chance.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters,
books, sequels and the acquisition of shelves.




From: "Bad Male" <BadMale@nospam.com.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:35:55 +1100
Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

Name:            Thomas Dunn
Gender:          male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:   Everything from 8 to 18 / Active
Location:        Canberra, Australia
E-mail Address:   thomas.dunn@actew.blessyou.au   (note the deliberate
        substitution of com)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://all.my.money/~isgone/before/a/homepage.htm
Marital Status:       Married - Eight years and proud of it!
Children:                Three - boy 6, girl 3, boy 2
Occupation:           Systems support/technical specialist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994 then a three year gap to late 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Er..please define "set"!  Does Spares
	Catalog # 5229 - Differential Gears - constitute a set.  
	Yes = ~60 ( +~25 more that the kids own), No = ~45 (+25 for kids)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  ~10 (mostly spares sets, but one
        skeleton hideaway which is a repeat (received as present),
        the train controller (I have no trains) and the ~1994 Technic Trike)
# of LEGO Pieces:  Call it thousands, but how many, Deu seulenez!
# of LEGOfests Attended:  what's a Lego fest?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  Does via Netscape count? ;-)
First LEGO Set:  circa 1972 Wheels set - perhaps 57a or 58a
	(won in heat of building contest Jan 1973) followed closely by Set
	#3b - Universal Building Set (won in finals :-).
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic for building, Castle or Town for Play.
Favorite Set(s):  954 Go Kart (first Technic set - sentimental),
	but I love the look of the 357 Castle.  I wish I could afford one :-(
	I would also dearly love a 8880 SuperCar...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Differential, pistons, any plates / Skeleton.
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project:         Sorting out all the pieces my Mum bought at
        sales/markets...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:     Probably winning the 3b set in 1973,
        but perhaps being the most recognised technical builder in my
        neighbourhood from 11 to 18, primarily for designing "supersteering",
        a system which seriously improved the 954 Go Kart's rack and pinion
        steering system's turning circle.  There were several 954's around, and
        we had regular meets to race our models against the clock through a
        tight course made of scattered bricks and other lego debris.  Sigh.
        That was fun, when I had time to do those things...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:           Terry Pratchett's Discworld, computers,
        my family, the Australian Outback, 4WDing, pool, chocolate, friends,
        soccer, puzzles, paradoxes and connundrums, flirting, mechanics,
        photography, volleyball, scrabble, chess, Trash & Rock'n'Roll music
	...
--
Thomas Dunn      |  Thomas.Dunn@actew.blessyou.au
IT Operations      |  ph.  61 6 2483282
Business Systems Division   | fax  61 6 2483439
ACTEW Corporation               |   Speaking for me!  (Blessyou=com)




From: Andrew Parkhouse <ap7994@bris.ac.uk>
Organization: University of Bristol, England
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 15:06:40 GMT

Name: Andrew Parkhouse
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: He won't tell me, he's sulking.
Location: Bristol UK
E-mail Address: ap7994@bris.ac.uk
LEGO/home page URL: guest at http://www.pncl.co.uk/~huw/misc/ap.html
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Student/ NG junkie
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Don't know. Only 4 built up and whole.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Eh?  Why would anyone do this?
# of LEGO Pieces: 3 large stack and store tubs.  You guess
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  An articulated fire engine from the early eighties
figures in my memories..
Favorite Theme(s): Town,  Technic
Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic Crane Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crocodile
Set/theme you would like to see: Don't care, make it a surprise

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Got a minifig keyring for Lego spares
making a mistake with an order....pics on the www

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Been known to take a few photographs,
write a few stories, do some work even sometimes.




From: Steve Bonaci <goodall@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:19:09 -0800
Organization: gte.net

Name: Steve Bonaci
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location:  Seattle, Wa
E-mail Address: goodall@gte.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): <http://home1.gte.net/goodall/home.htm>
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 70?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  none
# of LEGO Pieces: I don't even want to know
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: mid-80's shipping center.  Freestanding (no baseplates) with a
truck, forklift, and airplane.
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s): Victory Lap Raceway, and the gas station, car wash,
parking garage combo.  I went with my grandma to play bingo one day
and she won a couple hundred bucks.  Afterwards, we went next door to
K-Mart and she bought me those two sets.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1X6X2 Full Yellow Arch
Set/theme you would like to see: Sports

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  A Fibblesnork Cool Site of the Week Award

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Season ticket holder for the Western
Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds, baseball stadiums, sports video
games, Beatles/Paul McCartney.




From: Tom <adventure_team@spambytes.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:03:20 -0800
Organization: Adventure Gear

Name: Tom Calhoun
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 / Active 
Location:  Charlotte, NC
E-mail Address: adventure_team@juno.com.NOSPAM
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bink/at.htm (No Lego yet -
Soon)
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2  (My oldest(4), reintroduced me to Lego this past Christmas)
Occupation: Network Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 (recent purchases, they WILL be
opened)
# of LEGO Pieces: No idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: A basic set from 1973
Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers, Castle and it's subthemes, Trains
Favorite Set(s): ?????
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Adventurer Mummy
Set/theme you would like to see: Backpacking/Mountaineering.  Maybe a 
spinoff set from the new Extreme Team.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  GI Joe, Spacemodeling, Magic, Family

---
Replace SPAMBYTES in return address with JUNO (i.e. juno.com)
---
Tom Calhoun 
GI Joe Adventure Team
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bink/at.htm




Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 06:54:57 -0600
From: Tim Courtney <enchanter!@chicago.avenew.com>
Organization: Zacktron Alliance

Name:  Tim Courtney
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1982
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location:  Wheaton, IL (near Chicago)
E-mail Address:  enchanter@chicago.avenew.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://zacktron.home.ml.org
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  high school student
On R.T.L Since:  Nov 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  150+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  1
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~7500-10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Stunt Copter 'n Truck
Favorite Theme(s):  Space & Aquazone (of about 5 years ago)
Favorite Set(s):  Crystal Explorer Sub, Deep Freeze Defender, Explorien
Starship, MOC
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exploriens guy w/funky helmet and gold
arrow thingies
Set/theme you would like to see:  Zacktron marketed by Lego
Current LEGO Project:  None, really
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Lego Maniac's Webring, Mentioned in
Copenhagen Newspaper
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  LIVING FOR JESUS!!!!!, Web Design, biking

--
-Tim <><

To send e-mail to me, remove the "!" from the end of enchanter.

+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| E-mail: enchanter!@chicago.avenew.com                        |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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+--------------------------------------------------------------+




From: "Moz (Chris Moseley)" <president@whitehouse.gov>
Date: 24 Jan 1998 08:07:44 GMT
Organization: A wee way away from Airdmhor.
Reply-To: "Moz (Chris Moseley)" <bob@hello.little.robot>

Name:  Chris Moseley. Known as Moz.
Gender:  Yup, got one of those. It's a pretty wee pink boy one.
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  16 Lego years, about 10 calendar ones.
Location:  Nuke Freeland (New Zealand, to formalists)
E-mail Address: moz1@ihug.co.nz
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.homepages.ihug.co.nz/~moz1
Marital Status:  nope. Um, I mean, single.
Children:  Handed back to their parents. <phew>
Occupation:  Software Developer. Big Lego Person, made of pink goop not
ABS.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1990-ish. Dropped off the net about the time of
the rtl vote.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  15 major (A4 instruction books),
innumerable smaller ones.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: why would anyone do that? I usually
open them in the shop when I buy them.
# of LEGO Pieces:  Assuming a bit less than 1000 per large set, 15000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  #3 basic set, circa 1974
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic.
Favorite Set(s):  last week: 8735 (new motor) today? 8277. All time -
8865 - big Technic car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  4459 - pin with friction. Makes big
models work by reducing slop.
Set/theme you would like to see: Lego employing Todd to run auctions on
their behalf.
Current LEGO Project:  a boom lifter? forklift thing.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Remote controlled lego models. The 15
channel crane truck.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  building things - carpentry, software.
tramping.

Moz
-- 
Moz at home                                       email me as moz1
http://www.homepages.ihug.co.nz/~moz1           care of ihug.co.nz
There's lots of comedy on TV too. Doesn't seem to make children funnier.




From: Sean Wolf <faeblood@soltec.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 13:33:51 +0000
Organization: Sol Tec, Inc.

Name:   Sean Wolf
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  7-13 depending
Location:  Illinois
E-mail Address: faeblood@soltec.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  1
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   20
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  1000
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:   Since rediscovery, Islanders Enchanted Island
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  Barracuda
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Soldiers
Set/theme you would like to see:  Ancient Civilizations including models
on famous architecture
Current LEGO Project:  Buidling my pirate and imperial fleets and bases

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  0

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  RPGs, History, etc




From: "Scott Paschen" <spaschen@kc.net>
Date: 24 Jan 98 17:50:15 GMT

Name:  Scott Paschen
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 
Location:  Belton, MO (near KC)
E-mail Address: spaschen@kc.net formerly known as Passion926@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  no thank you
Marital Status:  WILL BE MARRIED THIS JUNE!!!! :-)
Children:  Just Me Still
Occupation:  Ag Statistician
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  late 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  more than i care to count right now but         
                               nothing to outrageous but around 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 but not on purpose and not for long
# of LEGO Pieces:  more than 50 for sure :-) less than 20K
# of LEGOfests Attended:  just a small local gathering
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none yet, but i do have a souviner video
                                from Denmark's Legoland :-)

First LEGO Set:  i think 8860 but maybe 8030
Favorite Theme(s):  Expert/Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8868 Airtech Claw Rig, 8880 Super Car, 8858 Rebel Wrecker
              8480 Space Shuttle 952 Farm Tractor 8456 Fiber Optic Multiset
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Large Expert Wheels
Set/theme you would like to see:  Technic Classic Construction to a 
                                  consistent scale
Current LEGO Project:  trying to recreate the classic Bulldozer from pieces

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  finding a store display that appears to built  
            by the model builders from the late seventies early eighties...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My Lady, Beatles, KISS




From: aj582@pop.hwcn.org (Insaniac!)
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 18:32:50 GMT
Organization: insane world
Reply-To: aj582@main.hwcn.org

Name:  Ryan Koenig
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 or so
Location:  Hamilton,Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: aj582@main.hwcn.org
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None...Sorry
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Quality Control
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  At least 80
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 10
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?? 50K or more ??
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, But considering going to germany
or denmarks theme parks on vacation

First LEGO Set:  That large blue lunar lander set....  Don't know the
number.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Technic, Town in that order
Favorite Set(s):  Galaxy Exploerer (space), 8880 Super car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The large technic balloon tires,
technic elements
Set/theme you would like to see: Some more electronic pieces such as
logic gates and such, A military theme, A high tech military theme,
and NON-HUMANOID lego MINIFIGS, As well as Ancient Civilization
themes....
Current LEGO Project:  A Giant Explorian land Crawler With Super
Missle Laucher system and LOTS of funcionality

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Memorized almost 15 classic space sets
completely with no seed of building instructions (lost them anyway)
and they are not the little ones...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Lead Miniatures (lego makes
great backdrops and acessories for wargaming) wargaming, AD&D




From: "Michael Arnett" <marnett@uiuc.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 1998 16:36:22 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Name:  Michael Arnett	
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10 (and shrinking)
Location:  Urbana, IL
E-mail Address: marnett@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single
Children:  not yet
Occupation:  Grad student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  370 Police HQ (model)
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains
Favorite Set(s):  4558 Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1x8 brick (for buildings, of course)
Set/theme you would like to see: classic town
Current LEGO Project:  Building cars, pickups, etc. for my car salesman

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: books, Star Wars, B5, pool, raquetball




From: "Mike Faunce" <mfaunce@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 14:27:29 -0500
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Name:  Mike Faunce
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ???
Location:  Atlanta, Georgia, USA
E-mail Address: mdfaunce@sprintparanet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  7/9th's (2 months to go, expecting in April)
Occupation:  Technical Analyst
On R.T.L Since:  December 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (why buy them if you aren't going to
open them?)
# of LEGO Pieces:  ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Not a clue, maybe 480 or some similar Town set, probably
received in early 70s
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic & Town/Divers & Pirates
Favorite Set(s):
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Continuation of Adventurers theme to other
locales
Current LEGO Project:
Trying to figure a way to suspend Divers' boats above sea floor without
being obvous about it

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, RPG's, Fast Cars




From: Mark_Plum@willbros.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:36:30 -0600

Name:  Mark A. Plum
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ???
Location:  Tulsa, Oklahoma
E-mail Address: Mark_Plum@willbros.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None (not yet, anyway)
Marital Status:  Engaged
Children:  Only me
Occupation:  CADD Engineering Designer
On R.T.L Since:  December 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (just can't wait to rip em' apart)
# of LEGO Pieces:  I have no friggin' idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  The Blue Motor from the early 70's
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains, Trains, Trains!!!!!!!
Favorite Set(s): 4551 (Crocodile Engine) and 4547 (Metroliner Club Car)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): "Train" doors (why doesn't Lego make
                                   these available separately???)
Set/theme you would like to see: A Train for the Wild West theme.
Current LEGO Project:
Computerizing and automating my triple loop layout.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, playing the violin, and of
  course, my fiancee'.




From: kkasemsa@inet.co.th (Ken Kasemsant)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 10:21:18 +0700
Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA

Name: Khantipol Kasemsant
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 / Active
Location:  Bangkok, Thailand
E-mail Address: kkasemsa@inet.co.th
LEGO/home page URL(s): 
Marital Status: married
Children: one
Occupation: Software Developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Didn't sort out yet
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 (recent purchases)
# of LEGO Pieces: no time to count!
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: Taxi Garrage
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): 6350 Pizzaria
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Basic rectangular pieces
Set/theme you would like to see: More house in town.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computer graphics, music




From: jmbrown@mines.edu (Jason Brown)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 02:50:50 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

Name:  Jason Brown
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Unknown/in control...
Location:  Colorado, USA
E-mail Address:  jmbrown@mines.edi
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/hompepages/Ron_Brown/LEGOOutpost.html
Marital Status:  Unmarried
Children:  None
Occupation:  Collage Student (Yea!)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1998 :)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  110
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None.
# of LEGO Pieces:  ???  ~2000-3000?
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None

First LEGO Set:  588 Police Headquarters (I *think*)
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Castle, Pirates, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  Black Seas Barracuda, all the castle ones I have...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Castle walls :), The old guys with
the falcons on their shields...
Set/theme you would like to see: Rebirth of classic castle!
Current LEGO Project:  Just some various stuff...  I'm far from my
Legos so its all on the computer.  Mostly castle, but I've got a cool
fighter I'm working on.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I don't know...  I made about 6 minifig
scale fighters (no picts, I'm afraid) that were fairly large...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, I'm getting into model
railroading.

Later!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
jmbrown@mines.edu
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ron_Brown




From: a0515@rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (Claus Bitten)
Date: 27 Jan 1998 12:52:15 GMT
Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne

Name:  Claus Bitten
Gender: male 
Year of Birth: 1972  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25  
Location: Cologne / Germany 
E-mail Address: bitten@uni-koeln.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a 
Marital Status: not 
Children: none  
Occupation: student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ca. 250  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 38
# of LEGO Pieces: +/- 35000  
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: The Galaxy Explorer 
Favorite Theme(s): original Space, original Castle 
Favorite Set(s): The first space series 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): grey old space computerblock (both
   versions), and the old white Space-Minifig 
Set/theme you would like to see: More Modelteam-Sets like famous
   buildings or a rocket-launch. With LOADS of bricks ...
Current LEGO Project: Trying to build a (huge) Trek-like Spaceship.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: n/a 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: books, musik, RPGs, computers, movies ...  




From: "Duane W. Degn" <ddegn@poky.srv.net>
Date: 23 Jan 1998 23:16:13 GMT
Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com

Name:  Duane W. Degn
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Pocatello, Idaho
E-mail Address: ddegn@poky.srv.net.nospam (you know what to do)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not ready yet.
Marital Status:  Married 5.5 years
Children:  none :(  it would be nice to have an excuse to buy more Lego
Occupation:  High School Chemisty and Physics teacher and aerial
photographer, I'm not teaching now because I'm still recovering from a
heart transplant.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  on and off since '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 132 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  17288
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :(

First LEGO Set:  since dark ages, Moon Walker
Favorite Theme(s):  Town/Launch Command (complete), technic
Favorite Set(s):  Shuttle Launch Pad
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Gold visored astronaut
Set/theme you would like to see: Appollo Moon Mission
Current LEGO Project:  Pneumatic walker

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  nothing yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Aerial photography using radio-controlled
aircraft.  Infrared photography.  CAD (Microstation).




From: citeman@aol.com (CITE MAN)
Date: 27 Jan 1998 17:21:15 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Chet Corbin
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 and wish I lived in "Dawson's Creek"
Location: Los Alamitos, CA (Southern California)
E-mail: citeman@aol.com
Lego Page: Sorry, don't have one, YET!
Marital Status: Soon to be engaged.
Children: None I know about.....
Occupation: Police Community Services Officer (Currently)
On RTL since: Late 1996

# of sets in Collection: 200+
# of unopened sets: 100+
# of pieces: 1000's
# of LEGOfests Attendend: 0
# of Lego Theme Park Visits: 0, but can't wait for Carlsbad!

First Lego set: 570 Fire House
Favorite Themes: Town/Train/Boats
Favorite Set: 2140 ANWB Tow Truck or 6440 Airport Fire Squad
Favorite Piece: 
Set I Would Like to see: School Set w/ Yellow School Bus
Current Lego project: Paying off my LEgo debt and trying to get my hands on a
6440 Airport Fire Squad.
Greatest Claim to Lego Fame: Let me think about it...
Other Interest: Computers, especially Apple; work; etc.




From: "kevlaba" <kevlaba@bit-net.com>
Date: 23 Jan 1998 23:05:56 GMT
Organization: BIT-NET 

Name:  Kev Laba
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1984
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13/active 
Location:  Merrimack, New Hampshire
E-mail Address: kevlaba@bit-net.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none(yet...)
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  school?
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none(you should be playing with them, not
staring at the box!!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  1,000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none

First LEGO Set:  dunno
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Hollow nosepiece(like in Search and
Rescue)/Technic figures
Set/theme you would like to see: Spies, more big Technic sets
Current LEGO Project:  nothing big, just playing around with technic

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  A huge spaceship

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Music, hanging out, looking at lego websites,
model railroads, playing N64, riding my bike




From: kjg@op9.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:01:38 -0600

Name:  Karen Gold
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth: 1952
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  timeless
Location:  Metro Atlanta, GA
E-mail Address: kjg@op9.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  nope
Marital Status:  married
Children:  2 boys, 5 & 8
Occupation:  science teacher--some subjects lend
themselves very well to technic in the classroom. 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Who knows, I always open them and throw
out the boxes.	The technic gets sorted, the rest goes in a big tub. 
Anyway, a lot. 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none 
# of LEGO Pieces: thousands 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Some basic building set in the early 60s.  It's
unfortunately long gone.  I seem to remember it having a battery-operated
light, so you could make a house and light it up, but I might be thinking
of something else. 
Favorite Theme(s): technic 
Favorite Set(s): rebel wrecker, technic motorcycle with chain drive. 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  technic differential
Set/theme you would like to see: MORE AND MORE AND MORE COMPLEX TECHNIC SETS!
Current LEGO Project: my $79.95 space shuttle that I've been working on for
about a month.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none, except among ninth-graders unlucky
enough to be in somebody else's class.	They think all we do is play with
lego!  We do, however, do a lot of REAL work too.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:




From: Patrick Sayre-Little <wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:21:16 -0800
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Patrick Sayre-Little
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:'78
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  120/who says I have to have one?
Location: Morro Bay, CA
E-mail Address:wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.calpoly.edu/~wsayreli/lego.html
Marital Status: single
Children:0
Occupation:full time college student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May '97-October'97, then since Jan '98

I was gone for awhile, but I'm back now in limited quantites

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 130+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: I'm not about to even attempt to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0   

First LEGO Set: Basic something in the early '80s
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): couln't possibly choose
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): see above response
Set/theme you would like to see: anything that will stay for 10 years
Current LEGO Project: finding time to play with LEGOs

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: printable parts catalog for LDraw
                              (see web page)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC games, flying(I finaly got my liscence)




From: jst711@aol.com (JST711)
Date: 31 Jan 1998 06:28:31 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Jeffrey Tabor
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  around 9-14/unpredictably assertive of
itself ;-)
Location: Rochester, N.Y. (the original Upstate)
E-mail Address: jst711@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet, maybe soon....
Marital Status:  single
Children: none
Occupation: classical vocalist with a current specialty in medieval European
music
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since:  Early January 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  around 55-60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  Are you mad?
# if LEGO Pieces:  Hmmm...maybe 3,000+;  never attempted to count them.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none, though I visited something in Ontario
Place in Toronto long ago that may have been a precursor to an Imagination
Center.

First LEGO Set: #442 (Space Shuttle) and #453 (two Crater Plates)
as a gift, unfortunately both hoplessly lost!!  Aagh!
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Space, Space!!!!!
Favorite Set(s):  Tends to vary, although currently # 6953 (Futuron Cosmic
Laser Launcher) and #6971 (Intergalactic Command Base) are my faves.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  any transparent canopy/brick/the blue Classic
and blue, black and red Futuron Astronauts
Set/theme you would like to see:  short of re-releasing all discontinued Space
sets, a Space sub-theme that used totally non-humanoid/non-bipedal aliens
(perhaps the dino-aliens from the Explorien theme) or an heir to the Classic
Space theme
Current LEGO Project: attempting to collect all the Futuron sets; maybe a
website soon....

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Alas, none to date....possibly never....

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Cooking of all cuisines, linguistics, world
languages and history, fine design, the fine arts, art music of all cultures
especially European medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, calligraphy, space
opera and Italian culture.




From: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (Kirsten Roelleke)
Date: 4 Feb 1998 15:32:50 GMT
Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf

Name: Kirsten Roelleke
Gender: female
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 15 
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
E-mail Address: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
        http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/aamlaet (story 
	   [sorry, in german only] and pictures of our LEGO D&D-campaign)
	http://www.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~roelleke/
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: math-student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: in 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 128
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
(Btw: Who 'collects' unopened sets?)
# of LEGO Pieces: > 10.000 
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: probably 264 or 689 (european numbering)
Favorite Theme(s): castle, space (town before my dark ages)
Favorite Set(s): I can't decide this, they're all great
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): same as above
Set/theme you would like to see: don't know for the moment
Current LEGO Project: To resort my mountain after restoring them
	in a hurry the last time (so much lego, so few time *sigh*)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO 'dungeon' for an D&D-campaign

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: comics, whodunits, SF-TV-series, X-files




From: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (Kirsten Roelleke)
Date: 5 Feb 1998 09:35:26 GMT
Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf

Name: King Tosti of KRE alias Torsten 'Tosti' Ott
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24 (That doesn't keep me from enjoying
 LEGO in every way!)
Location: see http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/kre.html
E-mail Address: oth@uni-duesseldorf.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):
 http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/aamlaet.html
Marital Status: only in 'my' kingdom
Children: only one adopded heiress to the throne of 'my' kingdom
Occupation: I _am_ a student, _survive_ with money from teaching but
 whenever I can help it, doing nice things with friends _occupies_ my time
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: today

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: They are all childhood treasures, some
 bought, some received as presents from my parents, mostly mixed together
 now, never counted.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None. I'd only leave a newly bought,
 ment-as-a-present LEGO-box closed.
# of LEGO Pieces: Not as many as I'd like to have!
# of LEGOfests Attended: -
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I didn't know there were any apart from
 DK-Billund, where I always failed to go on my visits to Denmark. So far.

First LEGO Set: As far as I remember, it was a white house with a blue
 roof and a garage, but it might also have been a red windmill with a blue
 roof on the mill-tower and a white one on the little house beside it.
Favorite Theme(s): I play LD&D, that means that with alternating masters
 from among the group, we play Dungeons And Dragons in a pre-built
 LEGO-setting. I wonder if anyone else does.
Favorite Set(s): Despite the fact that these are not that useful for our
 role-playing, this question has to be answered with some nostalgia: The
 older they are, the more I love them!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Here again, I like the standard pieces,
 maybe the two-rows-of-four is my very favourite.
Set/theme you would like to see: Always searching for nice
 birthday-presents for friends, I'd like to see some small everyday-life
 sets, like, for example the pizza-car that we gave to someone who sells
 pizzas to finance his studies.
Current LEGO Project: Well, it's my turn to be role-master in LD&D again,
 we'll play on Feb. 23rd and I haven't started planning yet. But I'll have
 to come up with quite some self-invented stuff, or my friends will be
 pretty dissapointed.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I invented the changing of the role-master,
 therby keeping the whole thing alive (otherwise it'd probably have happened
 only once) and bringing my own LEGO pieces in.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Plenty. Apart from enjoying almost anything I
 can do with some friends, I like cycling in the summer and playing computer
 or watching TV, especially StarTrek, X-Files and movies on TV/Video.




From: "Anna L. Bunce" <buncea@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:01:32 -0700
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder

Name:  Anna Bunce
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth: 1975 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Who knows?  Changes daily.. 
Location:  Colorado, USA
E-mail Address:  buncea@ucsu.colorado.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  ------
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  graduate student, applied math---till May..then, who knows?
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  hmm...just over a month..and wishing I had
known about this 2 years ago when I sold off all my old Town sets at a tag
sale.....wouldn't be surprised if the guy who bought them all is on here.. 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  hmmmm..40 some odd
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0!  Who can stand to leave them that
way?
# of LEGO Pieces: ??? 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Double Decker Bus, I think...
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle!  (But no Fright Knights, please..)
Favorite Set(s):  Can't choose just one!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Majisto...maybe..
Set/theme you would like to see: A return to Castle sets that involve
some complexity and challenge to build...
Current LEGO Project:  filling out my Castle sets..

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  tattoos, sci-fi/fantasy, pool,
genetics...etc.




From: "Jon D Hayward" <jdhayward@lineone.net>
Date: 2 Mar 1998 23:00:30 GMT
Organization: British Telecom

Name: Jon D Hayward
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Aging rapidly, but not maturing!
Location: Kent, UK
E-mail Address: jdhayward@lineone.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): one day...
Marital Status: Married
Children: A two-year-old daughter
Occupation: Computer analyst / programmer / consultant / gofer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, but enough bricks to fill 3 1' x 2'
x 1' crates plus load of overspill, not counting all the second-hand stuff
that's still being cleaned...
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zilch - mine's for PLAYING with!
# of LEGO Pieces: See '# of sets', above
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zeeero (are there any in the UK?)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: One - Windsor (my daughter wanted to go,
even though she was only six months old at the time)

First LEGO Set: Big yellow truck and trailer - the one with the steering
(I'm sure I was too young for it back then)...
Favorite Theme(s): Nothing in particular, but I like to build with bricks,
rather than have single bricks that represent something...
Favorite Set(s): 'Big Vehicles', trains on blue track, and most stuff from
the sixties 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 'Big Vehicles' parts, 1960s doors and
windows (cos I can make decent buildings with them) / Minifigs: Dr Cyber
and the recent cavalry figures
Set/theme you would like to see: Architectural models: lots of basic bricks
that make something toooo big to be affordable!!!
Current LEGO Project: cleaning all those grubby second-hand bricks! 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've met David Lyall (who?) - he was something
to do with the UK Lego design team through the 1970s and 1980s (at least) -
chief designer??? He was a bit surprised to be asked for his autograph!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too much! Matchbox / Hot Wheels / Corgi / Dinky
/ Lledo / Burago / other toy cars / Thunderbirds / Joe 90 / Captain Scarlet
/ X Files / Star Trek / Quantum Leap / James Bond / Minis / Scalextric /
Mega Blocks / Betta Bilda / Tente / Hobby Land / Qubo Ville / Klip / Mego
Lock /
those-weird-beams-that-look-like-Lego-Technic-but-have-got-the-holes-going-d
own-through-the-studs-that-no-one-can-remeber-the-name-of / any thing else
that tries to be Lego, but isn't! / computers / family / need I go on???




From: "Michael Hopkins" <michael@macitools.symantec.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 15:13:06 -0800
Organization: Symantec

Name:  Michael Hopkins
Gender: Male  
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: At least 12
Location:  San Jose, CA
E-mail Address: michael@macitools.symantec.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  ---
Marital Status: single
Children: no minifigs yet
Occupation: software engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb '98 (wish I knew about it sooner)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 52
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (legos were made to be played with)
# of LEGO Pieces:  > 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1- Been to Legoland Denmark

First LEGO Set: 483, Alpha-1 Rocket Base
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Classic Space 
Favorite Set(s): 8860 Auto Chassis, 6980 Galaxy Commander
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Universal Joint 
Set/theme you would like to see: A revival of classic space
Current LEGO Project: Technic Tank

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once managed to place a 2x6 brick in my left
nostril

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  R/C, skiing, music, movies, art, computers




From: jeff5937@aol.com (Jeff5937)
Date: 2 Mar 1998 23:28:40 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Jeffrey Huntington
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1974 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  High spatial intelligence
Location:  Florida, USA
E-mail Address: Jeff5937@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation: Middle school teacher  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6/97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  65
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 30.000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, soon to be 1

First LEGO Set: 6524 (Blizzard Blazer) 
Favorite Theme(s):  Town and all subsets except Town Jr.
Favorite Set(s):  6350, 6378, 6353
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): No specific ones 
Set/theme you would like to see: Actually useful town buildings, like the bank
and pizzaria.  I'd like to see some small shops and factories.  Houses would be
nice, too.
Current LEGO Project:  Building a black and yellow metroliner out of my extra
4559

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Basketball officiating, reading, computer games,
working with church youth group, James Bond movies, classical music,




From: "Jeb" <jebulan@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 3 Mar 1998 02:12:03 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Name:  Jeb Baker
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Denver Colorado
E-mail Address:
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://home.att.net/~jebulan/lego.html
Marital Status:  not
Children:  1 cat
Occupation:  Sr. Project Manager/System Administrator/CAD Draftsman
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  spotted a long time ago (1-2yrs?) really got into
it 9/97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  i can't even imagine
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Hand-me-downs just a big box of bricks with a few windows
and plates
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, castle, town, technic umm almost all (in that
order)
Favorite Set(s):  #5571 Monster Big Rig (I love all those parts,and really
big tires)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  motors / Infomaniac is cool any with
neat faces
Set/theme you would like to see: Model team helicopter
Current LEGO Project:  sorting and pondering

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My last big spaceship.(personally anyway)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers,Matchbox, Hot Wheels etc...(shelved
as of late)




From: "Ken MacIntosh" <kenmacintosh@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:11:51 -0800

Name:  Ken MacIntosh
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1935
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Seattle, WA, USA
E-mail Address:  kenmacintosh@msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Engineer, Lawyer (retired)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Oct 97
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  3 buckets in reserve
# of LEGO Pieces:  lots
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set:  717 Expert Builder
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, mechanisms, trains
Favorite Set(s):  6399 Airport Shuttle (monorail)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  ??
Set/theme you would like to see:  trains & monorail
Current LEGO Project:  interfacing monorail and Lionel style trains
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  automatic ball machine
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  toy trains, computers, travel, writing




From: "Preferred Customer" <SIR-LANCE@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 23:03:01 -0500
Organization: Preferred Company

Name:Lance Johnson
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Day to Day
Location: Ohio (currently have Christy Hine? ringing in my hears!)
E-mail Address:SIR LANCE @ msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not that advanced
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  Due in August
Occupation:  Maintenance Supervisor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Lurking since Nov. 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Not enough yet (over 50 but just traded 10-15
Castle)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10
# of LEGO Pieces:  No clue/not counting
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (been to the Disney Store)

First LEGO Set: Some Universal set in the 70's/ Black Seas Barracuda in post
Dark-Age
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train
Favorite Set(s):  Not sure as quite a few are in Favorite category
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knight
Set/theme you would like to see: Not See- Town Jr. !!!
Current LEGO Project:  Port LEGO (3 sets from completion 6541/6542/4021- Yes
I want these)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: How about infamy - Someone threw out my BSB

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Home remodeling, golf, trying to learn more
about computers, books




From: ulringmc@email.uc.edu (Michael Ulring)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 00:19:52 -0500
Organization: University of Cincinnati

Name:Michael Ulring
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 and a half
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
E-mail Address: ulringmc@email.uc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://homepages.uc.edu/~ulringmc/lego.html
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Me, Myself and I
Occupation:  college student/part-time software developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked in '96, was on a little in '97, more in '98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: don't really know, probably over 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: just the two that arrived today, they'll be open tomorrow :)
# of LEGO Pieces: probably well into hundreds of thousands, a million???
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (just Mall of America)

First LEGO Set(s): Alpha-1 Rocket Base (483) and Mobile Tracking Station (452)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): Forestmen's River Fortress, Black Seas Barracuda, Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): original knights from Yellow Castle (375)
Set/theme you would like to see: more sets like classic early '80s Castles
Current LEGO Project:  always working on my Castle
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my Castle (see above URL)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: sports, computers, video games, Star Wars toys




From: Beaker <beaker@havoc.gtf.gatech.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 1998 05:10:17 GMT
Organization: Recursive Turtles

Name: Jim Baker (Beaker)

Gender:  
Male

Year of Birth:  
1969

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  
Healthy:)

Location:
Atlanta, GA

E-mail Address:
beaker@havoc.gtf.gatech.edu

Marital Status:  
Single (but taken:)

Children:  
None

Occupation:  
CNN Interactive technical staff

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  
Jan. 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  
20 (and growing:)

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
None

# of LEGO Pieces:  
about 4,000

# of LEGOfests Attended:
None

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:
None.  Plan to go to the Lego Imagination Center in Orlando in June

First LEGO Set:  
483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base

Favorite Theme(s):  
Space (especially Classic) ... just got into Adventurers

Favorite Set(s):  
497 Galaxy Explorer

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Red Classic Space minifig

Set/theme you would like to see: 
Real Mechs for Robo Force!

Current LEGO Project:  
Reaquiring all the sets my mother sold at a garage sale ...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
Once built a Lego "gondola" and attatched it to a kite with a minifig
inside.  The kite string broke, losing both the kite and important Legos
(I was nine, gimme a break:)  Found the remains of the kite and the
remarkably undamaged legos in the woods over two miles away three years
later.




From: corn29@mailexcite.com (Chris W.)
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 12:27:03 GMT
Organization: AT&T Internet Service

Name: Chris W.
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  variable
Location:  Aomori, Japan
E-mail Address:  corn29@mailexcite.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  under construction
Marital Status: Married
Children:  --0--
Occupation:  Engineer (I've been playing with legos since 5 and I'm an
engineer?  Go figure!)
On R.T.L. since:  9/97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  50 plus about 20 buckets, I prefer to
make my own creations -- I'm working on a 1/10 scale airport right
now, it will fill up our whole spare bedroom
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  LOTS
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  When I was a boy in Michigan there was
a colossal display at the old Hudson's warehouse in Detroit.  There
was a globe that was several teens of feet tall and a town you could
walk through.
First LEGO Set:  A learjet from the late '70s, I don't know the model
number.
Favorite Theme(s):  Train (the only innovative thing to come out og
TLG in years), CLASSIC space, CLASSIC town
Favorite Set(s):  The ones I make and a castle set from Denmark that
preceeded castle theme in the U.S. by 6 years.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The skeleton is kinda cool.
Set/theme you would like to see: Any set without so many darn
specialized pieces!
Current LEGO Project:  1/10 Airport

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  n/a

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Biking, skiing (nordic and some alpine),
rock/ice climbing




From: "Kyle Miller" <kyle.miller@NOSPAMdynamix.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 10:58:43 -0800
Organization: Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Name:  Kyle Miller
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Variable
Location:  Oregon, USA
E-mail Address:    kyle.miller@dynamix.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  M
Children:  2
Occupation:  Game Designer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:    0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended:    0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:    0

First LEGO Set:  (since I was a kid) 6990
Favorite Theme(s):
Favorite Set(s):
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project:

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Passed the torch to my children

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Games (board, miniatures, computer, etc.),
Toons, Sci Fi.




From: "Grant Chenoweth" <chenoweth@iclub.org>
Date: 4 Mar 98 00:30:39 GMT

Name:  Grant Chenoweth
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  according to the Lego sets I buy, I'm
usually 8-12
Location:  Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA during the summers and Richmond,
Kentucky, USA during school
E-mail Address:  chenoweth@iclub.org   or    stucheno@acs.eku.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  N/A
Marital Status:  recently broke off a 15 month relationship (nothing new in
the works)
Children:  none
Occupation:  full time student (Philosophy major; Religion and English
minors)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early fall '97
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  125-150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  One
# of LEGO Pieces:  eight to ten buckets of extra pieces plus the 125-150
sets built plus base plates, etc.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  just the Imagination Center in the Mall of
America

First LEGO Set:  I don't know, but I have some Exxon gas station stuff;
three of the old large figures and three minifigs that don't have
independent arms or legs or painted faces  (I assume that stuff was from
the late seventies/early eighties)
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates; Divers; Adventurers; Launch Command; Flight;
Town; Town, Jr. (in that order)
Favorite Set(s):  too many to list
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I built a minifig that looks like me --
blue pants (jeans), freestyle shirt, blue ballcap, red beard (from wild
west sets), and a trumpet (I've been playing for ten or eleven years)
Set/theme you would like to see:  more businesses like doctor's office,
attorney's office, city court, grocery, school, hospital -- anything to
make my town look fuller

Current LEGO Project:  I just want to find a place to put all of them. 
Right now they are divided between three locations:  my dormroom, my room
back home, and my office at my dad's lawfirm.  I have plans for a large
city layout with a movie studio at one end of town.  Inside the studio will
be several sound stages where I will have my space, pirate, castle,
adventurers, etc. set up like different movies being filmed.  I'm currently
working on businesses and houses/apartments for my town.  Had a lego
building party in my dormroom last Friday and several friends helped build
a pizzeria, a junk yard/Exxon station, and several row houses.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Around the dorm, I'm known as Lego-boy. 
People bring their friends to my dormroom to see all my sets and to
play/build

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Star Wars figures, trumpet, college (I
actually love school--I'm trying to cram four years of school into six!!),
music (over 450 CDs and tapes; 70+/- records), mountain biking,
hiking/camping, canoeing, reading, sewing, cooking




From: mpowell@sr.hp.com (Mike Powell)
Date: 5 Mar 1998 01:40:57 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County

Name: Mike Powell 
Gender: M 
Year of Birth: 1962  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 and Up 
Location:  Santa Rosa CA
E-mail Address: rci@sonic.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.sonic.net/~rci/legocompressor.htm
Marital Status:  M
Children:  1 (not including myself)
Occupation:  Technician / 3D animatior
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  ~1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 - 100 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: You can do that? 
# of LEGO Pieces:  Ahhh... a lot  
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Ahhh... I was 5. I have no clue. 
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s): 8459 8480  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Chain Links 
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek TOS
Current LEGO Project:  The Delivery Spy Claw

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The best mini LEGO compressor ever 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: feminine contour observations 




From: George Bragg <george.bragg@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 01:07:24 -0500
Organization: Bell Solutions

Name: George Bragg
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12?
Location: London, Ontario
E-mail Address: george.bragg@sympatico.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: married
Children: just me
Occupation: student/computer guy
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: originally, 1992 (?).  Just "rediscovered" the group

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea - lots
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None!
# of LEGO Pieces: 10000 + (?)  No idea, really - I should count...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Generic LEGO
Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers
Favorite Set(s): 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see: MINDSTORM!!!!!
Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize a fan club at University of
Western Ontario

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a model of CN tower almost as tall
as me (5 feet +)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers




From: sadone@lara.on.ca
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:14:31 -0600

Name: Sean Ballaro
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Young at heart (always)
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
E-mail Address: sadone@lara.on.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): still being worked on
Marital Status: married
Children: twin boys - 10 months old - PRIMO stage (I'm starting
them young)
Occupation: Transportation Engineering Technologist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 and growing fast
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: 5000 and growing fast
(found all my old ones from childhood)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Can't remember - just freestyle sets as a child
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates (too little too late)
Favorite Set(s): Pirate ships
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see: More pirates. (Ninja's should be cool!)
Current LEGO Project: Working on my website (lego and POV Ray)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: convinced my wife that we should start getting
the twins interested in PRIMO so that the transition to DUPLO and freestyle
wouldn't be that hard :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Disney




From: Vitale.Joe@orbital.com (Joe Vitale)
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 18:38:03 GMT
Organization: Orbital Sciences Corporation

Name: Joe Vitale
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Fairfax, VA, USA
E-mail Address: confetti@mcmprod.com
LEGO/Home Page URL(s): http://www.mcmprod.com (no Lego info there yet)
Marital Status: Married
Children: 0
Occupation: Software Engineer (real-time embedded systems a specialty)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '97
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 35+ but I haven't counted
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (what would be the point :)
# of LEGO Pieces: There's gotta be over 10,000 by now.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None (but I'll be goin' to Carlsbad)
First LEGO Set: No idea, that was around 20 years ago.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic & Trains
Favorite Set(s): None, but if I had a favorite, it would be technic.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None
Set/Theme you would like to see: Mining (coal, diamonds) might be cool
and maybe a 007-like spy theme and how about an international space
station technic model or technic models of ground based rockets like
those used for putting satellite payloads into orbits (sorry, I've
been working in the aerospace industry for the past 5+ years)
Current LEGO Project: I think I'm going to try and build one of NASA's
Crawler Transporters. You know, one of those tractor things that takes
the space shuttle out to the launch pad. My 8480 needs a place to sit.
See http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/visit/kscovrv2.htm for info.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: * shrugs shoulders * I actually carried
around my childhood Lego collection in plastic containers from house
to house during my twenty years in the dark ages. Does this count?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Alpine skiing, mountain biking, inline
skating, designing and writing software, fictional reading




From: D-Day <kid@heart.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:24:13 -0800
Organization: very disorganized
Reply-To: van@down-by-the.river

Name:  Todd S
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of inner child:  about 12 yrs old
Location:  Albany, OR  USA
E-mail:  zimbo724@juno.com
Lego home page:  None yet
Marital Status:  Married since 1990
Children:  Daughter (4), ???? (due in August), and my cat Tigger (8)
Occupation:  Retail warehouse
On RTL:  Feb '98
# of sets:  no clue how many
# of unopened sets:  UNOPENED!?!  ARE YOU MAD?!?
# of LEGO pieces:  12,000+
# of LEGOfests attended:  none yet
# of LEGO theme parks visited:  none yet
First LEGO set:  I can't remember back that far
Favorite theme:  space, pirates, fire(town)
Favorite set(s):  Some kind of larger space ship from the "classic"
space                   sets (white and red only) that had moon
craters/hill                     and landing plates
Favorite piece/minifig:  An all black astronaut with black visor,
white                           printed straps and buckles and a white
jet pack
Sets/themes that I would like to see:  Circus/zoo (with lots of
animals),                   modern military, ancient Rome
Current LEGO project:  sorting all my pieces
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:  just finding this newsgroup
Other intrests:  movies(sci-fi and comedy), plastic models, RPGS,
action                  figures

have a great day!
D-DAY  (Todd S)




From: Jim Strauss <jstrauss@cyberramp.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 17:34:29 -0600
Organization: The Fully Ordained (and legal in 34 states) Church of
the Airbag-Equipped Cell-phone.

Name: Jim
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: pointing and yelling
"Lego,Lego,Lego!" from the seat of a shopping cart.
Location: Dallas, TX
E-mail Address: jstrauss@cyberramp.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it.
Marital Status: single
Children: what?! and share my legos?
Occupation: Vice-President and Tech-Guy (Web Design Studio)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Monday (3-30-98)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 40
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: maybe 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: Universal Building set (400) 1976
Favorite Theme(s): town
Favorite Set(s): 4559 Cargo Railway
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ?
Set/theme you would like to see: Mindstorms or Remote control.
Current LEGO Project: Sorting.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: making 'digging-through-Lego-bricks'
sound at 3am does not bother girlfriend.(Is theat LEGO fame or
GirlFriend fame???)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Artificial Life, Homebrew, Web Design,
among many others.




From: datalinkjy@aol.com (DataLinkJY)
Date: 3 Apr 1998 02:30:58 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Jesse Yanocha
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1983
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Pennsylvania
E-mail Address:  DataLinkJY@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Planning on having one.
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Definitely not:-)
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Around 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  At least 35,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Some basic set, 577?
Favorite Theme(s):  Town/Train
Favorite Set(s):  Airport Shuttle/Alien Moon Stalker/Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Mailmen!!!
Set/theme you would like to see:  Trolley, electric points, lights, trains as
good as the Metroliner, and the like.
Current LEGO Projects:  Working street lights, roundhouse, office buildings,
houses, and what town would be complete without my almost complete working
water fountain:-) Also I am enlarging my layout by 32 sq. ft.   

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Well I never did anything fantastic, but I did
create a working trolley that goes back and forth on track through my town.  I
also made a space station once, too, but my interests went back to town so now
I am trying to figure how to incorporate my space into town:-)  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  I enjoy playing tennis, squash (which believe it
or not is actually pretty big where I live), video games, violin, and I also
like to travel.




From: Karim Nassar <knassar@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 22:59:28 -0500
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises

Name: Karim Nassar
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Cary, North Carolina
E-mail Address: knassar@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www1.etymon.com/kn/lego.html
(www1.etymon.com/kn/nest.html)
Marital Status: Single
Children: none
Occupation: Designer, Business owner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 600+ (been collecting since 4yrs old)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: collection fills 22 7gal. containers... do YOU want to count
them? :)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: inherited older brother's collection
Favorite Theme(s): space
Favorite Set(s): I don't do favorites very well...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team expanded to various themes (highly
detailed spaceship

models, castle models, etc..)

Current LEGO Project: keeping the Pallas Spaceworks web site
(http://www1.etymon.com/pallas/pallas.html) up-to-date... coming up with MOC
designs to top things like the Landmate Mustang and the Phantom 4.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My highly detailed, desnse, and very
complex models that push the bounds of the little ABS bricks; finding
neat new uses for specialized pieces.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aikido, Computers, Anime, Reading, and Writing




From: "colin" <burnman1@flash.net>
Date: 3 Apr 1998 05:31:07 GMT

Name:  colin
Gender:  m
Year of Birth:  11/10/75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  whatever
Location:  dallas, tx
E-mail Address: burnman1@flash.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  non-existent
Marital Status:  married
Children:  1 (2yrs boy)
Occupation:  pc helpdesk for Compucom, dallas tx
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  february 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  untold
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: can't fathom why anyone would _not_
open lego
# of LEGO Pieces:  five or six thousand?
# of LEGOfests Attended: zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: zero

First LEGO Set:  pre-armed/facial features 2 minifig 3 section boat--
don't know set#/name-- either that or 375 yellow castle... logic decrees
the primitive minifig set would come first, but yellow castle is the first
i recall building
Favorite Theme(s):  pirates, castles, wild west
Favorite Set(s):  pre-designed sets don't last long in my house...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  transparent minifig head
Set/theme you would like to see: jrr tolkien castles subtheme?  stephen
king's _gunslinger_/_dark tower_ wild west subtheme... but i guess these
are too specialized/can just as easy be fabricated by my fevered legoings
as by TLG
Current LEGO Project:  nothing i create these past months (since dark
ages) seems to last more than a week-- I NEED MORE LEGO

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: time jesum transeuntum et non riverentum

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: rpg's (role playing, not rocket propelled
grenades) pc's, magic: the gathering, my two year old son who will one
day inherit my legocy (sic), industrial music, the velvet
underground/lou reed




From: nekosoft@NO-SPAM.eot.com (E. Johnson)
Date: 3 Apr 1998 05:46:27 GMT
Organization: [poster's organization not specified]

Name: Erik O. Johnson
Gender: Male  
Year of Birth: 1975 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Crafty 12yo  
Location:  Central Minnesota
E-mail Address:  nekosoft@SPAMTHIS.yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  None
Children:  Not yet
Occupation:  Nomad
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  50+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: zero (not counting what I bought today)
# of LEGO Pieces:  Step on about three each night
# of LEGOfests Attended: not yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just Mall of America

First LEGO Set:  some Classic Space rocket-sled 
Favorite Theme(s):  Town + Space = Near Future
Favorite Set(s):  Double-decker Bus
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red Divers gal now in UFO garb  
Set/theme you would like to see: Car Wars, James Bond
Current LEGO Project:  Get Bungie Blaster to fly

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Developing history for all themes when
mixed together. 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:   Travel, Music, Macs, Books




From: BLPJ57D@prodigy.com (Sinister Robots)
Date: 3 Apr 1998 13:23:14 GMT
Organization: Prodigy Services Company  1-800-PRODIGY

Name:  Migs
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Cannibalized for parts.
Location: California
E-mail Address: BLPJ57D@Prodigy.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): The SwazzleWorks - pages.prodigy.com/Swazzle 
(under preliminary construction)
Marital Status: Trying my damnedest to avoid that evil contraption. 
Children: See above. 
Occupation:  Artist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1996 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~ 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~ 20
# of LEGO Pieces:  This I do not know. For those who demand an answer: 
many. 
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set: I don’t remember, my grandfather sent a few from Germany 
around 1974. I was heavily into Webble Wobbles at the time you must 
understand. 
Favorite Theme(s):  Aqua, Space. 
Favorite Set(s):  Black Knight. Bring back beaked helms and removable 
breast plates you cads!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Black 2x2 inverse convex sloped brick. 
Black Knight. 
Set/theme you would like to see: An ancient Egypt theme. An ancient Rome 
theme. Orcs. WWII armor including articulated tracks. A pirate ghost ship 
with a mermaid/siren figure. What I really want is a quasi Biblical 
Armageddon theme complete Jehovah, Lucifer, Jesus, and the Four Horsemen. 
I’d also want a minifigure set of guest stars including Gautama Buddha, 
Brahma, Allah, and everyone’s favorite intergalactic villain Xenu. Then I 
could finally put my town minifigures to use as peons running around in 
the carnage. A philosophers theme would be great too. Sartre could have 
his little Lego beret and coffee cup, Voltaire would have a contemptuous 
sneer,  and of course Democritus would be included because he turned the 
universe into Legos.   
Current LEGO Projects:  Legos are sidelined until I finish up a handful 
of other projects.    
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  When I was twelve, my friend and I were 
acting like typical bored gremlins during summer break when I came up 
with a brilliant idea. I tied the end of a spool of thread around an 
astronaut minifigure’s head and dubbed him Adventure Bob. Then my friend 
grabbed his parent's video and I slushed Bob down the toilet while 
narrating the brave voyage. After slushing the toilet 10 odd times, Bob 
decided he wanted to come up so I began rolling up the thread but then 
disaster struck. Bob was stuck in the pipes. I pulled too hard and the 
string broke sealing Bob’s fate in the watery grave. Mortified, we 
gathered the neighborhood kids together to watch the video and then held 
a funeral. Bob’s body was lost so we put the roll of thread in a box that 
acted as a coffin and sent it down the drainage gutter to it’s final 
resting place. In our hearts we like to believe that Bob was soon after 
freed from the pipes by a big wad of toilet paper and was sent out into 
the bay where he was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter. 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Far too many to list. Painting, sculpture, 
philosophy, theology, history, plotting world domination, beach volley 
ball, drinking orange juice with ice cubes, gothic tales (not her flighty 
sister the gothic novel), new wave science fiction, mind control 
techniques, all things sardonically sinister and elegantly macabre, and 
explaining why the Monroe Doctrine should have been extended to the 
eastern hemisphere. 




From: jaabo37@aol.com (JAABO37)
Date: 4 Apr 1998 22:32:09 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Joseph Olson 
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1968 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 29/14 
Location:  Douglasville, GA
E-mail Address: JAABO37@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):http://members.aol.com/JAABO37/index.html  
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  0
Occupation: Hydro-sanitation engineer (garbage man)  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  500+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 250+
# of LEGO Pieces:  Maybe 125,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set: 435 Tipper Truck  
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Trains
Favorite Set(s):  6041 Armor Shop
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Roy Orbison look-a-like
Set/theme you would like to see: Dinosaur Models
Current LEGO Project:  Getting basement finished with Lego room with work
bench and play area

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 7th grade social studies project that used Legos,
dominos, and electronic circuit.  I won an award but I have no idea what it had
to do with social studies. 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I love spending time with my wife.  Also like
playing basketball, watching baseball, and riding bicycle.  




Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 22:52:45 -0700
From: Graham Renn <graham@natsume.com>
Organization: MediaCity World

Name: Graham Renn and LaNette White
Gender: Male and Female
Year of Birth: 1969 and 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: LaNette is around 16, and I am much, much
younger.
Location: California
E-mail Address: graham@natsume.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: Single
Children: Cats only--they play with Legos, but don't put together the sets :)
Occupation: Graham-Operations Manager/LaNette-Office Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 145
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 42,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Hopefully the one in Carlsbad, CA when it is
finished.

First LEGO Set: Before Mini-figs...then a long, long break...and set 6335 Indy
Transport to get me back into it.
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Castle, Train
Favorite Set(s): Far too many to list
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Amusement Park and buildings in a town.
Current LEGO Project: Filling the whole house with Legos

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding a girlfriend that loves Legos as much as
me...wait, is that good or bad :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Video Games, Movies and Traveling




From: "James Howse" <m3038872@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Date: 4 Apr 1998 06:54:43 GMT
Organization: Home

Name: James Howse
Gender: yes
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: missing in Supermarket (possible in the
toy isle)
Location: Somewhere in Sydney, Australia. (Yes, Down Under)
E-mail Address: m3038872 at hardy dot ocs dot mq dot edu dot au
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: no
Children: no
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200ish
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 
# of LEGO Pieces: 'bout 16,000 cubic centimetres
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: what's a lego theme park?

First LEGO Set: something duploish I'd reckon
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates, 12v trains, technic build
                   the new adventurers, ninja, Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): The Guarded inn!, The technic shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Royal King
Set/theme you would like to see: Town houseing project to give all the 
                   police and racers homes... ;-)
                   Seriously though: return of the large hulled pirate boats

Current LEGO Project:techinc door alarm/intruder alert system
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: being kicked out of a building
                             contest for being to old :(
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Reading SF/fantasy




From: John Smith <defaultuser@domain.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 23:57:18 -0500
Organization: University of Cincinnati, ECE/CS News Server

Name:Clayton Berry
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15
Location: Cincinati, OH
E-mail Address: berryco@email.uc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.eng.uc.edu/~cdberry/
    LEGO stuff can be found under Links->Entertainment
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Student
    Currently finishing masters at Univ. Cincinnati
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April of 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~170
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:~20
# of LEGO Pieces: ~17,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: large basic set (shared with brother)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Technic, Ice Planet, AZ, Model Team, Wild West
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Giant Tires
Set/theme you would like to see: The new Mindstorms!
Favorite Set(s): Heli/Rig Model Team set, Auto-chassis, KMF
Current LEGO Project: saving money to complete chess set
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: the ability to eat through almost any piece
ever made

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: wrestling, chess, languages




From: Tim Rueger <rueger@io.com>
Date: 5 Apr 1998 13:56:20 GMT
Organization: Tim and Shelley's Mac

Name: Tim Rueger
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
E-mail Address: rueger@io.com

Marital Status:  Married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Electrical engineer - analog chip designer
On R.T.L. Since:  January, 1994

Number of Sets in LEGO Collection:  >250
Number of LEGO Pieces:  >45,000
Number of Unopened Sets in Collection: <10
Number of LEGOfests Attended: 1
Number of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  135 Universal Building Set (1973)
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Wild West, 70's model sets
Favorite Set(s):  8857 Motorcycle, 8880 Super Car, 565 Moon Landing
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2x4 brick, in red

Current LEGO Project:  Scanning and restoring various decal sets.
Also, generally tidying up my web pages, getting model photos scanned,
etc.  URL - http://www.io.com/~rueger/lego/

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built the EKG machine from the 8888
Expert Builder Idea Book.  Coined term "Retrostation" for the 2150
red Metrostation.  I also know Fred Martin at the MIT Media Lab
Learning and Epistemology group (creators of Lego/Logo and the 
Programmable Brick, soon to be sold as Lego Mindstorms).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Origami, Jazz, Film, Home Theater, 
maintaining our home page - http://www.io.com/~rueger/

-- 
Tim and/or Shelley Rueger - rueger "at" io.com
WWW page: http://www.io.com/~rueger/




From: Kev Holmes <kev@lsai.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:45:27 +0100
Organization: BT Internet

Name: Kev Holmes
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ~16
Location:  Fleet, Hampshire
E-mail Address: kev@lsai.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not yet! (At least, nothing public...)
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  1 girl (5), 1 boy (2)
Occupation:  Software consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 54
# of LEGO Pieces:  Not sad enough to count them...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 - Season ticket holder at Windsor (20+ visits)

First LEGO Set: As a child? Can't remember. As a grown-up (sic), 725
(for house extension modelling...)
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Train, Pirates. I like Castles as well, and Town,
and Model Team. And the Duplo Trains are cool too!
Favorite Set(s):  5571, 8880, 5991, 6339
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeleton
Set/theme you would like to see: Western train
Current LEGO Project:
1. Animated Christmas display (gives me a chance of completing it on schedule!)
2. Set/price database for the Palm Pilot (Neat!)
3. Convincing the wife that we *really* that extra set...
4. Stopping the wife buying *more* monorail...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
1. Turned down the opportunity to buy 10,000 minifigs about 5 years ago...
2. Managed to buy a 2150 through US S@H, from the UK
3. First rtl'r to go on the Imagination Centre tour at Windsor (?)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Malt Whisky, Terry Pratchett, Iain (M)
Banks, Lilliput Lane cottages, *real* beer.




From: carbon60@bigfoot.com (Carbon 60)
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 16:14:21 +0100
Organization: Densci Corp Enterprises

Name: Carbon 60 :-)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10.5-16.3 (depending on reality factor 
currently at 18/20)
Location:  Redditch, West Midlands, UK
E-mail Address: carbon60@bigfoot.com
LEGO - (not yet)/home page URL(s):  
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~carbon60
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Zero, apart from 2 trinary computers
Occupation:  Student studying A-Levels maths, physics and chemistry.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Feb 98!!

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Almost all UK Space sets 1988 to present
and quite a lot of town
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 2 one in Bristol, one in Milton Keynes both 
official LegoClub ones.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :(

First LEGO Set:  Probably a Shell Petrol Station around 1984
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  Space: 6987 Blacktron Star Base and 920? Rocket Base.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron Men
Set/theme you would like to see: Proper Football stuff available in the 
UK with loads of teams and different stadiums incl. footy managers etc.
Current LEGO Project:  None, lack of time and bricks stops this, I am 
developing on paper a Advanced Passenger Train which tilts into the 
corners can't see whether it will ever get built though.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Err, none yet apart from finding loads of 
promotional sets going for 4 times the price I can get them for.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers generally, Indoor Football - I am 
a superkeeper, one of a rare breed.

- 
Carbon 60 -=- The person from England
We get Micro-Technic Sets and u don't!
   * UK Lego Mail Order: Busy-Bee: * 
   *      +44 (0)161 881 3906      *
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~carbon60
I need 4547 and 6991!!




From: no@spam.please
Date: Tue, 05 May 98 17:59:55 GMT
Organization: University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK

Name: Huw Millington
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  East Grinstead, W. Sussex, UK
E-mail Address: hmillington@cix.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.pncl.co.uk/~huw
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  2 girls: 5 and 3
Occupation:  IT Services Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Must be about 250 by now
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 30
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 - LEGOLand Windsor, 1995
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1

First LEGO Set:  Weetabix Castle? 1968?
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, futuristic lines: Space, Aquazone
Favorite Set(s):  Space: Alienator and MIB, Technic: 8440 and 8460
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 6565 and 6564 the 3x3 cut-in-half 
diagonally 
bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: ?
Current LEGO Project:  A fleet of submarines based on the new 
diagonal canopy 
holder used in the Hydronauts models.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  (1) Have corresponded with the 
designer of the 
Blacktron Alienator and other space sets of the era, who saw my 
"Blacktron 
Alienator home page". 
(2) 'Discovered' 6807.
(3) Keeper of the 'Promotional LEGO set reference'

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  PC games, computers generally.




From: "David H. Whitten" <dr3dwhit@bellsouth.net>
Organization: Whitten Appraisals
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 01:44:46 GMT

Name:Drew Whitten
Gender:M
Year of Birth:1984
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:I don't know.
Location:Noirth Alabama
E-mail Address:drew_whitten@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/1378/lego.html
Marital Status:single
Children:0
Occupation:student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:March 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:a lot
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:a whole lot
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:Battering ram
Favorite Theme(s):Town, ResQ, Pirate, castle, adventurers,
Favorite Set(s):Central Precinct HQ
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):all my favorite!
Set/theme you would like to see:Army Legos. and waiting for SW and ninja
Current LEGO Project:sorting

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Turbo Cycle rules!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Girls, G.I.Joe, SW, basketball, www,
working on my webpage




From: Scott <sjava@execpc.com>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:52:42 -0500
Organization: Exec-PC BBS Internet - Milwaukee, WI

Name: Scott Javoroski
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
E-mail Address: sjava@execpc.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Non-LEGO page at www.execpc.com/~sjava
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: 0
Occupation: Lotus Notes/Web/Systems Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996
>
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Yeah, right, like that'll ever happen
# of LEGO Pieces: 50,000+/-
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Mall of America
>
First LEGO Set: 370 - Police Headquarters
Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Pirate, Technic
Favorite Set(s): 8480 - Space Shuttle & 8880 - Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Timmy ;-)
Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Greece/Rome (I want to see Incredible
Cleavage Woman in a toga)
Current LEGO Project: Finding room for all my sets, building tables for my
trains

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Never went through a dark ages, I was just a geek
for awhile :-)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, working out, playing sports




From: "Irving De la Cruz" <irvingd@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 12:21:48 -0700
Organization: Microsoft

Name:  Irving De la Cruz
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Ask my wife.
Location:  Duvall, WA
E-mail Address: irvingd@microsoft.com or irvingd@halcyon.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None yet.
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None
Occupation:  Software Design Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  February, 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  96
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15
# of LEGO Pieces:  50000++
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Don't recall set number but was one of the LegoLand sets of
the mid 1970's with the armless minifigs
Favorite Theme(s):  LegoTown Trains/Structures and large Techinic sets
Favorite Set(s):  8459 (Pneumatic Loader) and 4565 (Freight Train)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Pneumatic Pieces
Set/theme you would like to see: More trains sets and big crane rigs for
Technic line
Current LEGO Project:  Original strucutures and train cars and engines for
future Lego train expo shows with the PNTLC.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None. (Yet :)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Off road driving, Mountain Biking, Water Skiing,
Home Theather Afficionado.




From: Michael Dorneich <mcpd@uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 13:35:20 -0500
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Name: Michael Dorneich
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hiding while I finish my thesis
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
E-mail Address: mcpd@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://tortie.me.uiuc.edu/~dorneich/lego/Elego2.html
Marital Status: Happily Married
Children: 0.67 (due in August)
Occupation: grad student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 350?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: > 50 (small ones for parts)
# of LEGO Pieces: My wife thinks its a million, I just wish it were true
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (but I saw Enfield!)

First LEGO Set: 425 Fork Lift 
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town, Trains
Favorite Set(s): 6339  Shuttle Launch Pad, 4558 MetroLiner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Islander, Spyrius Robot
Set/theme you would like to see: More buildings with cool architectures
Current LEGO Project: Buying a house with an extra room for a LEGO town setup

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Got a letter form the LEGO Legal Department
                            about my "Everything LEGO" WWW page.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: wife, travel, photography, ultimate, parenthood




From: James Mathis <thakius@nmt.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 17:13:55 -0600
Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Name:  James Mathis
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of inner child: 12, when building :-)
Location: Socorro, New Mexico, USA
E-mail:  thakius@nmt.edu or jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu
Lego home page: http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
Marital Status: single
Children:  none
Occupation:  graduate student, Physics
On RTL:  1996
# of sets:  approx. 430
# of unopened sets:  approx. 5
# of LEGO pieces:  approx. 60,000
# of LEGOfests attended: none
# of LEGO theme parks visited: one, Billund
First LEGO set: 430 Bi Plane
Favorite theme: Town, Train
Favorite set(s): 6391 Cargo Center
Favorite piece/minifig: Lego Ambassador figure from removable key chain
Sets/themes that I would like to see: Wild West Train, Court House,
Current LEGO project: none, just finished monorail transit passenger
station
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: my LEGO town got a photo in my High School
Yearbook
Other intrests:  bicycling, Marklin model trains, vintage SAAB
automobiles, squash, hiking, camping.




From: "Jesse Long" <JesseL@hawaii.edu>
Date: 01 May 1998 20:47:48 EDT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services

Name:  Jesse Long
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of inner child: 35
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
E-mail:  JesseL@hawaii.edu
Lego home page: none
Marital Status: engaged
Children:  none
Occupation:  graduate student, Asian Studeis
On RTL:  1994
# of sets:  250+
# of unopened sets:  2
# of LEGO pieces:  unknown
# of LEGOfests attended: none
# of LEGO theme parks visited: none
First LEGO set: 542 Street Crew
Favorite theme: Town, Train
Favorite set(s): many
Favorite piece/minifig: Blacktron I
Sets/themes that I would like to see: the return of real town sets
Current LEGO project: listing my collection
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: none
Other intrests:  my fiancee, volunteering at the Humane Society, studying
Chinese




Organization: Fibblesnork Software
From: lehman@visi.com (Todd Lehman)
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:48:11 GMT

Name:  Todd Lehman
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12-16
Location:  Boston, USA
E-mail Address:
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.fibblesnork.com, www.auczilla.com
Marital Status:  Engaged to be married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Software Developer & LEGO parts sales
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1993

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  ~10
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~35,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  late 1960's bucket of some sort

Favorite Theme(s):  Space (Blacktron I, Space Police I, M:Tron, Futuron,
  classic space, Unitron, Spyrius, etc.), Aquazone (Aquanauts, Hyrdonauts),
  Adventurers, Forestmen, DUPLO dinos, Fabuland figs

Favorite Set(s):  6954, 6989, 6941, 6986, 6876, 6886, 6939, 6987, 6925, 6895,
  6769, 5988, 4558, 6080, 6071, 6077, 6074, 2605, 8226, 8417, 6390, 6383, 6285
  Models by Jeremy Sproat, Terry Keller, Eric Brok, Joseph Gonzalez,
  Paul Gyugyi, Ed Boxer, Suzanne Rich, and many, many others

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  all / Blacktron I minifig & UFO minifigs

Set/theme you would like to see:  Heavy construction machinery

Current LEGO Project:  LUGNET; mining colony/space habitat

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  AucZILLA series of auction

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  software projects, drawing, writing,
  extreme-garlic cooking, classic video games




From: jteulon <jteulon@caminos.recol.es>
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:47:35 -0600
Organization: Telefonica Transmision de Datos

Name:  Javier Teulon Ramirez
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 aprox
Location:  Madrid, Spain
E-mail Address: jteulon@caminos.recol.es
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.fibblesnork.com, www.auczilla.com
Marital Status:  Even my girlfriend wonders
Children: 0

 Occupation: Civil Engineer
 On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: A couple of months(Jan 1998)
 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 may be more (Castle) 
 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I have tried, but I opened all of them
 # of LEGO Pieces: No idea, I promise I will count them. 
 # of LEGOfests Attended: None
 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland Windsor (the only visitor that
they without children)

 First LEGO Set: Now, 6022, the first one I had don't remember, the
first I remember, that hospital with the minifigs without arms.
 Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE,CASTLE,CASTLE
 Favorite Set(s): 6086,6074,6067
 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knights
 Set/theme you would like to see: Medieval town, Roman Empire, anything
before 1500 A.C.
 Current LEGO Project: Waiting for the Dark Forest sets to arrive( The
postmen are on strike here)
 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't tell anybody, but when I was eight I
lost my whole Lego town when moving to a new house.(It was not my fault)

  Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  History, travelling, basketball, eating
while someone cooks...




From: Division of Market Studies <osas@erols.com>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 07:02:11 -0700
Organization: Food and Drug Administration

Name: David Zorn
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: NA
Location: Northern VA
E-mail Address: lighthouse@tropicalstorm.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Economist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~25
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~5 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: small car back in late 60s/early 70s
Favorite Theme(s): Exploriens, Aquanauts, Divers
Favorite Set(s): 6441, Crystal Explorer
Set/theme you would like to see: 
	a) Large Transport Helicopter; 
	b) Larger Autos with Side-by-side minifig seating (bigger than 	
	current Adventurer models);
	c) Jet Fighters
Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding per Instructions rather than own 
creations




From: WhatsamattaU@multi.org
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 10:21:25 -0500
Organization: Inc.Net http://www.inc.net

Name: Larry Andersen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-16
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
E-mail Address: larry@merge.com (work)  neonglass@earthlink.net (home)
LEGO/home page URL(s): Under construction
Marital Status: Triad
Children: 1 daughter at 27 and one grandson at 2 (Duplo galore)  Wait 
until he gets old enough for System!
Occupation: Software engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 (Almost all are Technic)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (Pirates waiting for granson to age)
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+/-
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: 722 - Universal Building Set (Cars)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains, Space
Favorite Set(s): 8480, 8880, 8868
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Micromotor
Set/theme you would like to see: Return of the monorails
Current LEGO Project: #5571 Monster Big Rig, display shelving

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Flying (Conventional & Ultralights), 
Synthesizers, Computers, camping, polyamory.




From: kelley01@tima.com
Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 09:27:49 -0600
Organization: Kiva Networking

Name: Brian Kelley
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Im growing up real quick (see "Children:")
Location: Bedford, Indiana (formerly Minneapolis, MN)
E-mail Address: kelley01@tima.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): hopefully my brother will have one soon :)
Marital Status: Living with Girlfriend
Children: Experiencing pregnancy with my girlfriend (our child is due in
the fall)
Occupation: bum for the past two weeks.... i hope to be working soon
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: im not exactly sure but i know it has been
several years

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: collectively (my brother and i) it should be
around 950-1000
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  350???
# of LEGO Pieces: several
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 

First LEGO Set: either the bi-plane or ??? police units soemthing like that 
Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland, town, will be ninja's as well pretty soon here
Favorite Set(s): geesh... it changes by day... but right now it is the
worldcup sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Infomaniac (hands down) then my next
choice would be the black Fabuland bear
Set/theme you would like to see: More sports related, realistic
stuff...higher quality design....we are aware that the quality of the
plastic/process is good, lets seee realism and quality to the design!!!
houses!!! etc etc... 
Current LEGO Project: worrying about how im ever going to afford to buy
LEGO again with a child on the way!!  (even though that makes a better
excuse to buy LEGO now :))

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  huh??? i gotta have a claim to lego fame??? 
no actually it would be obtaining our Fabuland and our Castle collections
by buying selling and trading continually

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: right now it is all i can do to focus on our
pregnancy, etc... but i am very much interested in architecture and classic
cars




From: "Jonathon Goldsworthy" <jgold@cableinet.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 22:11:49 +0100
Organization: "Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet)"

Name: Jonathon Goldsworthy
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12-25
Location:  Warminster, Wiltshire, UK
E-mail Address: jgold@cableinet.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not yet
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  1 girl aged 4
Occupation:  Software Consultant / Technical Account Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  October 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  >230  (looking forward to the soccer sets
increasing this number)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 23
# of LEGO Pieces:  >52000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (Will be: "1 - LEGOLand Windsor, 1998" in 5
days time)

First LEGO Set:  I can't remember, I was very young. I was in my "dark-ages"
until 9 years ago, when I bought 8865 closely followed by 8862.
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Town, Train
Favorite Set(s):  Technic: 8868 & 8880, Town: 6542, Train: 4558, Model Team:
5571
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: ?, Minifig: Chef
Set/theme you would like to see: Set: Detailed V8 with working overhead
camshafts, valves etc., Theme: ?
Current LEGO Project:  None :-(   Maybe one day a large station along the
lines of Will Chapman's KRR Junction.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Nothing really. I've supplied a couple of
scans to Huw Millington.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  PC games, classic cars, whisky and vintage
port.




From: "Patrick R. Gili" <pgili@avici.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 14:31:22 -0400
Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc.

Name:                              Patrick R. Gili
Gender:                            male
Year of Birth:                     1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:                          Westford, MA
E-mail Address:                    gili_pat@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):             currently none (plans are forming)
Marital Status:                    married
Children:                          Alex (5), Zachary (3)
Occupation:                        Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            05/12/98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      ~250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  4 (but not for long)
# of LEGO Pieces:                  ~50,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:           none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:     none

First LEGO Set:                    565, Moon Landing
Favorite Theme(s):                 Space and Aquazone
Favorite Set(s):                   6876, Blacktron Alienator
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   pneumatic pieces,
                                   satellite disk pieces (from Exploriens),
                                   long canopies (all colors),
                                   shock absorbers,
                                   "Code Pilot", and soon RTX.

Set/theme you would like to see:   1) A whole theme based on the Alien movies.
                                   2) A line of Technic construction vehicles
                                      (starting with 8459, Front-End Loader)

Current LEGO Project:              VR Lego, a virtual-reality Lego environment,
                                   imagine building Lego projects using your
                                   hands in a virtual reality (hint, you never
                                   find yourself wanting for a piece, they are
                                   all right there in front of you, in infinite
                                   quantity).

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       When attempting to build a model rocket
                                   out of Legos, proceeded to blow the rocket
                                   up with such force that some of the Lego
                                   pieces floated to the ground in the form
                                   of cellophane like bits of plastic.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        Hiking and playing with my children,
                                   drinking vodka, and reading and viewing
                                   material on the Man's space programs,
                                   and writing software.




From: keep-imabrit-spamfree@earthlink.net (Darrell)
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 00:08:59 -0700
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Name:                              Darrell Klotzbach
Gender:                            Male
Year of Birth:                     1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10 - 16
Location:                          San Rafael, CA
E-mail Address:                    imabrit@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):             None Currently (hope to start soon)
Marital Status:                    Single
Children:                          None (OINK - One Income No Kids)
Occupation:                        Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            April 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      A lot!
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  4 and shrinking fast
# of LEGO Pieces:                  Too many to count now
# of LEGOfests Attended:           None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:     None (but definitely going to be rectified)

First LEGO Set:
   Don't remember (too young) but distinctly remember a little police car that
   must have been a promo set.

Favorite Theme(s):
   Technic, Mindstorms (when available), Castle, Pirates, Trains

Favorite Set(s):
   Expect 8480 Space Shuttle once it's built
   8459 Pneumatic Front End Loaded currently.
   Also like the classic space sets

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   
   pneumatics, soon RTX

Set/theme you would like to see:
   Star Wars - oh yeah, that's already been announced.
   Indiana Jones
   Continuation of Castle, Pirates, and Trains.
   More of the big Technic sets like Super Car and Space Shuttle

Set(s) Most Wanted List:
   8880 Super Car
   8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck
        Mindstorm Sets
        Soccer/World Cup sets - especially with the English players

Current LEGO Project:
   Was building an hanging shelf made only of Lego and a little bit of wire for
   cubicle wall, until I finished a couple of days ago.  Now it displays other
   Lego sets quite impressively.  Now the current project is getting caught up
   on sets recently purchased but haven't put together yet.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
   Still have (or have access to) EVERY lego set I've ever had from real
   childhood to now.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
   Soccer (football to the rest of the world), hiking, camping, biking, 
   computers, photography, travelling, kids

-- 
Remove "keep-" and "-spamfree" to respond.




From: Mr L F Braun <braunli1.nospam@pilot08.msu.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 02:48:48 -0500
Organization: Hierarchial

Name:                              Lindsay Frederick Braun
Gender:                            Male
Year of Birth:                     1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9-12
Location:                          New Brunswick, NJ, USA
E-mail Address:                    remote the "nospam" from the header
LEGO/home page URL(s):             None Currently (hope to start soon)
Marital Status:                    Single
Children:                          None
Occupation:                        PhD Candidate, History
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            September 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:      over 300
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  50-60
# of LEGO Pieces:                  So many, they're furniture.
# of LEGOfests Attended:           None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:     None

First LEGO Set:

   The moon landing set from 1975...#110 or something?

Favorite Theme(s):

   Classic space, Blacktron I, Exploriens, Imperial Guards.

Favorite Set(s):

   Galaxy Explorer, the oldie-but-goodie.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):

   Blacktron I space fellows, Imperial Guards soldiers,
   and the black Classic Space astronauts.

Set/theme you would like to see:

   Victorians.  I see the Victorianesque Playmobil
   (gasp!) sets in the store and imagine them as LEGO.
   I'd also like to see *grey* Wild West soldiers; 
   American Civil War sets!  Complete with plantation
   houses for your W. T. Sherman minifig to burn as 
   he marches to the sea!

Set(s) Most Wanted List:

   5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins.

Current LEGO Project:

   Complete my late-1890s colonial harbour.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

   I'm not sure, but when I get pictures up, 
   I've finished a 6'5" replica of a WWI Royal
   Navy first-generation battlecruiser.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

   History, British and South African; line art;
   palaeontology; long road trips; "twist" soft-
   serve ice cream with cherry dip.




From: Michael Huffman <mhuffman@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 03:06:15 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Michael Huffman
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-12
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
E-mail Address: mhuffman@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~mhuffman/lego.html
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Computer consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 130+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 80+
# of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+ (Conservative estimate...)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 460 (I think...)
Favorite Theme(s): Caslte & Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Castle: 6024 Bandit Ambush & Pirate: 6279 Skull Island
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Brown 1x5x4 step arch with 5x6
                                 green leaf.
Set/theme you would like to see: More forestmen & pirate sets
Current LEGO Project: 

   Building sets that I have instructions for from a big lot of 
   Lego's I recently bought.  A large Pirate island.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None so far.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  People have interest (and time) out side
                             of LEGO?  :)




Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 09:26:20 -0400
From: Austin David <austin@ModusOperandi.com>
Organization: Modus Operandi, Inc.

Name:  Austin David	
Gender: "Sex" (words have "gender;" people have "sex") Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-12, maybe a little more for Technic (love the cars)
Location: Melbourne, FL
E-mail Address: Austin@ModusOperandi.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet, sorry
Marital Status: Single
Children: you mean "child."  Yes, I am.
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Emergence from dark ages.  March?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ?? 13 or so, since dark ages.  No idea
how many before
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Yeah, right.
# of LEGO Pieces:                ?? 5-10k
# of LEGOfests Attended:         0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   0

First LEGO Set:                  ?? Town?  Formula Flash, since dark ages
Favorite Theme(s):               Technic & Pirates
Favorite Set(s):	 Space Shuttle?  Supercar?  RBR?  Armada Flagship?
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): sorry, only have pirates.  Like the little 
                                 conquistadors, though.
Set/theme you would like to see: How 'bout "new world" (adjacent to
				 pirates) -- colonies
                                 and things
Current LEGO Project:            Sailboats / ships.  Cutting custom sailcloth

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:     umm... uhh... ??

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:      I live on a boat.




From: evad44@aol.com (Evad44)
Date: 05 Jun 1998 22:59:23 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Wayne Jarvis
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19??
Location:  MA
E-mail Address: Evad44@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status:   taken
Children:  0
Occupation:  Lego collecter
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:   1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  alot
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: what kinda ? is this, want me to count?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  375 Yellow castle
Favorite Theme(s): Town, pirates, castle, ninja
Favorite Set(s): Black monarchs castle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): alien minifigs and ninja.
Set/theme you would like to see: Amusment park
Current LEGO Project:  collecting ninja
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  What?

Wayne Jarvis, Lego collector




From: Dan Campbell <campbd@email.uc.edu>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 21:13:07 -0700
Organization: University of Cincinnati, ECE/CS News Server

Name:					Dan Campbell
Gender:				M
Year of Birth:			75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	(add the 7, carry the two...) 22
Location:				Fairfield, OH
E-mail Address:			campbd@email.uc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):		none (sounds like a good idea...)
Marital Status:			Pff... Single
Children:				Yes, I R 1
Occupation:				student (Computer Science)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:		On & off since 95, when I peeked in on a dead
				ATL :(

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:		Hmm.  Haven't counted.  20, maybe?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	Rats.  Opened 8225 yesterday.
# of LEGO Pieces:		Say again?  I just bought 2 buckets-worth
				at the flea market.  More than 2000...
# of LEGOfests Attended:	What's that?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:	0 :(

First LEGO Set:			1 space fig a friend in 3rd grade gave me -- it
					  blew wide open after that :)
Favorite Theme(s):			Space & Technic
Favorite Set(s):			Polar Chopper!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):	"Snake bendy-arm thingie" / Slammers 
					teal Technic fig
Set/theme you would like to see: All-translucent pieces.  Prob'ly a
				space vehicle, but any theme really.

Current LEGO Project: Hmm.  Finding a canon that fires, waiting for
		  Ninja, and acquiring mass snake bendy-arm thingies :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:		Umm, a paintball gun for a Technic fig?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Transformers, Lego, Transformers, and...
				Siberian Huskies :)




From: Tom Roberts <toroberts@sprintmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 19:56:48 -0700
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Tom Roberts
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:1973  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13-14 
Location:  Beaverton Or
E-mail Address:toroberts@sprintmail.com/dtrippy1@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  married
Children:  one
Occupation:  tech support
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  last week

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15-16 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0, havn't had the funds to buy extras..
# of LEGO Pieces:  too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0, soon to be 1

First LEGO Set:  one of the original space bases.. cant rember the set #
Favorite Theme(s):  technic
Favorite Set(s):  tec shuttle and super car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):pnumatics  
Set/theme you would like to see: technic meccas
Current LEGO Project:  possible star fury

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: chain mail(armor, not letters) 




From: Jeff Elliott <jeffe@deletethis.interlog.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 01:53:45 -0400
Organization: Interlog Internet Services

Name:	Jeff Elliott
 Gender: Male
 Year of Birth: 72
 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 10 / Vibrant
 Location: Toronto, Ontario
 E-mail Address: jeffe @ interlog.com
 LEGO/home page URL(s): broken at present (sigh)
 Marital Status: Married (Lego spouse)
 Children: 0
 Occupation: Programmer
 On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995

 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Approx. 550
 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 (Skull's Eye & 3 Shuttles)
 # of LEGO Pieces: 90,000 +- 8,000 
   (last count was 3 years ago, estimated since by box count)
 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0
 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

(Do those look like Perl comments to anyone else?)

 First LEGO Set: Classic Space Missile Launcher Trailer
 Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Basic
 Favorite Set(s): 8480 Space Shuttle; 725 Basic
 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 brick (by usage), Micromotor (by
usefulness)
 Set/theme you would like to see: Big, Sprawling Space Stations
 Current LEGO Project: Train Drawbridge; Corporate Logo; Large spaceship

 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 6,714-piece life-sized Relief of Bride &
Groom 
 				(used as decoration at wedding)

 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roleplaying, Storytelling, Computers

 Note that my reply-to address is mangled; remove the 'deletethis' to
 reach me!




From: scooter@b61683.cwru.edu (David M. Lukens)
Date: 5 Jun 1998 17:39:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  David "Scooter" Lukens
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1975 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Pickerington, OH (permanent)   usu. Cleveland, OH (school)
E-mail Address:  DML6@PO.CWRU.EDU
LEGO/home page URL(s):  (soon to be) http://sclwww.scl.cwru.edu/~dml6
Marital Status:  single
Children:  nope
Occupation:  student (computer engineering/robotics)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~18000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  unfortunately none

First LEGO Set:  a little grey space plane like thing (can't remember much)
Favorite Theme(s):  space
Favorite Set(s):  anything technic or space related
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  sloped bricks, and the MIT 6.270 handy board
Set/theme you would like to see:  technic stuff with more parts
Current LEGO Project: some lego robotics, controlled stuff (masters
project work)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I once built a model boat that was about 
	6 ft. long and very detailed.  Hopefully I'll get some pictures back
	soon.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, electronics, programming, computer
networking, Unix systems, robotics, scada systems, stunt kites, model rockets,
ham radio(kc8agz), movies, jazz, and music.




From: mattdm@disco.tln.net (Matthew Miller)
Date: 5 Jun 1998 16:26:33 GMT
Organization: Boston University

Name:  Matthew Miller
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  23/still alive
Location:  Boston, MA
E-mail Address: mattdm@mattdm.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): non-lego -- http://quotes-r-us.org
Marital Status:  To be married August 15. She loves Lego too.
Children:  Give us several years
Occupation:  Information Technology - Systems Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Uh, 1997 sometime.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  dozens, but not hundreds of dozens. 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero. I mean, c'mon.
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea at all.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  485 (firetruck with extension ladder). I may have had some
   sets before this, but that's the first I remember clearly.
Favorite Theme(s):  _Real_ Castle & Space. Technic too.
Favorite Set(s):  It's gonna be Mindstorms. Right now, I like lots and lots.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I think the differential is pretty cool.
Set/theme you would like to see: _Real_ town sets: schools, shops, etc.
Current LEGO Project:  waiting for mindstorms
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  yeah just you wait.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, palmpilot, music (Poster Children!),
   new media, bad movies, good movies, neal stephenson (The Big U), more.




From: the Dragonn <rdragonn@gte.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 12:00:31 -0400
Organization: Web Page under construction

Name:		Kellie Gallagher
Gender:	Female
Year of Birth:	1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	25 and holding
Location:	Pennsylvania
E-mail Address:	rdragonn@gte.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): 
Marital Status:	married
Children:		2
Occupation:		home body/netsales
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40
# of LEGO Pieces:		20,000 est
# of LEGOfests Attended:	none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:	:( none

First LEGO Set:	Majisto's Tower
Favorite Theme(s):	Castle
Favorite Set(s):	Royal Knights Castle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):	Castle Walls/King
Set/theme you would like to see:	Castle/Middle East/Arabian
Current LEGO Project:	Sorting a large collection! trying to build them all

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:	Research Lover on Old sets!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:	Too many to list!

legomom




From: "SideOut" <no.spam.sideout@micron.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:29:50 -0600
Organization: Micron Internet Services

Name:  Matthew G. Howell
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Nampa, Idaho
E-mail Address: mhowell@micron.net / sideout@micron.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  N/A
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  One
Occupation:  System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  60 (or so)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (I've tried, I've really tried...)
# of LEGO Pieces:  Lots
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  A little dumptruck...sometime in 1976 or 1977
Favorite Theme(s):  Space (all subthemes)
Favorite Set(s):  Hmmm...  so many to choose from... almost any space set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Rocket pods
Set/theme you would like to see: Reissues of older space sets
Current LEGO Project:  Building the all of my space sets to display

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers and computer gaming, volleyball,
music, yardwork, reading, movies




From: "David Lawrence" <steinberger@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 16:04:36 -0500
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Name:Heidi Steinberger  
Gender: F 
Year of Birth:1953  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 35/9 
Location: New York 
E-mail Address: Steinberger@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status: Married 
Children: 3 
Occupation: Artist 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1998  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-100  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:2
# of LEGO Pieces: between 7-10,000 
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set: Didn't have lego as a kid (check YOB).   
Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland, Castle, Adventurers  
Favorite Set(s): 5918 Scorpion Tracker--small set, Great pieces 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Adventurers car interior/castle maiden 
Set/theme you would like to see: Maybe 30s/40s stuff--expand on some of the
adventurers pieces and come up with some sort of retro-town theme.
Current LEGO Project: Finding new hiding places for my collection (my kids
have their own lego--i don't like to share mine--i will when they get
bigger).  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Throwing a cool lego party for my son's 8th
birthday.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycling, drawing, painting, folk dancing,
knitting, sewing, whatever.  




From: tsangc@ecf.toronto.edu (Calum Thomas Tsang)
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 08:44:40 GMT
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility

Name:  				Calum Tsang
Gender:  				Male
Year of Birth:  			77
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  	2
Location:  				Toronto, Ontario
E-mail Address:			tsangc@ecf.utoronto.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):  		www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~tsangc
Marital Status:  			Single, LSO
Children:  				None
Occupation:  				Systems Dev. Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  		It was called ATL.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  	160+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	5-10
# of LEGO Pieces:  			16000
# of LEGOfests Attended:		1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:		0

First LEGO Set:  			Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Theme(s):  			Train and Town
Favorite Set(s):  			4558 Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  	Train people
Set/theme you would like to see: 	Extremely cheap Train hardware
Current LEGO Project:  		Small diesel shunter for 9V

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  		Speaks to TRU managers.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  		Television production.




From: Elf <elf@nospam.intervett.no>
Date: 04 Jun 1998 08:00:35 +0200
Organization: The 3 sacred O's
Reply-To: elf@nobacon.intervett.no

Name: Elf  
Gender: Male-elf
Year of Birth: 1972 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25 (I'll never grow up) 
Location:  Oslo, Norway
E-mail Address: elf@intervett.no
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.mo.himolde.no/~elf/
Marital Status:  Girlfriend
Children:  My gf has a son
Occupation:  Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995-1996 & 1997-now  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  several hundred
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 12V lego train motor
# of LEGO Pieces:  thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  A red car with a white camper sometime in the 70's
Favorite Theme(s):  Lego 12V trains, town, classic space
Favorite Set(s):  12 V trains
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 12V lightning brick  
Set/theme you would like to see: Improved town and return of 12V trains
Current LEGO Project:  Building a new town around my big train station

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Second place in the norwegian building
			championship in 85

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:   Writing, acting, music and computers




From: Dickinson <markcd@swbell.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 21:52:09 -0500
Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services, Richardson, TX

Name: Christopher Dickinson
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1986
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12
Location:Derby, KS
E-mail Address:markcd@swbell.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):none (hopefully soon)
Marital Status:single
Children:none
Occupation:nothing, thanks to summer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Summer 1997, looking for 6973

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:??-around 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:well over 1000
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:Freestyle set
Favorite Theme(s):Space/Aquazone
Favorite Set(s):6973 Deep Freeze Defender(don't have it yet)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Insectiods/UFOs 
Set/theme you would like to see: Collecters edition Lego/Blacktron III
Current LEGO Project:Space Fighters/Holotronian base

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Holotronian Base

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!




From: "Scabbed Monkey" <scabbedmonkey@mailcity.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:14:24 -0500
Organization: LAPTOP
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Matt Findlay
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: The Government hasent told me yet
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Not born yet
Location: Monticello, IL
E-mail Address: ekeneve@pdnt.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: single :(
Children: I dont know how many minifigs I have...
Occupation: Nothing, its summer!
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: bout Feb 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ~10-15,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: something basic
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Space
Favorite Set(s): Retrostation!  Car Transport Wagon
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Mail Boxes/letters/packages, train guys
Set/theme you would like to see: Trains(I dont consider the current one
anything but junk)
Current LEGO Project: Building up my town, Fixing up my train

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Most Legos in my area

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers




From: drgrant@ziplink.net
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 06:40:29 GMT
Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com

Name:  Mike Capone	
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12?
Location:  Massachusetts
E-mail Address: drgrant@ziplink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Computer Service
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  On and off since 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown, at least 30-40, many
dismantled
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces:  many thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Motorcycle Shop?  
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s):  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Guy with black shirt, black hat,
blue pants. Also like the construction equipment I 
built... 

Set/theme you would like to see: Large Railroad.

Current LEGO Project:  Getting my own place so I can set up
my town again!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
Developing military aircraft and boats from 
common sets;  Antiaircraft Guns...   also developed an "open"
large bar/restaurant on one of those giant grey baseplates.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
CB, Scanners,  Ham Radio, shortwave.....   Computers....  




From: "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:02:31 -0500
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  John VanZwieten Jr.
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9
Location:  Springfield, IL  USA
E-mail Address:john_vanzwieten@msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  M
Children:  3 (7,2,1)
Occupation:  Legislative Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  5/98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  55
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Never Counted
# of LEGOfests Attended:
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 (Denmark)
First LEGO Set:  588 Police Headquarters
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space, Space Police 1, M-Tron
Favorite Set(s):  928 Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1/4 Dome, Turntables/Blacktron 1 Minifig
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars, Army
Current LEGO Project:  Star Destroyer
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Wrote letter to Lego just after Star Wars
release suggesting they do a Star Wars theme.  They wrote me back saying
they just don't do that sort of thing:)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  basketball, politics, live jazz




From: "Patrick R. Gili" <pgili@avici.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:49:31 -0400
Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc.

Name:  Robin Glover
Gender:   Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  urmm...
Location:  Oxfordshire, UK
E-mail Address: robin at met dot rdg dot ac dot uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  married in all but name
Children:  3 cats
Occupation:  University Research Fellow
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May '98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  unknown (50-100?)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  none
# of LEGO Pieces:  many
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, windsor

First LEGO Set:  first I can remember clearly was a black/yellow racing car
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic,Train
Favorite Set(s):  4565 Freight train
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  pneumatics
Set/theme you would like to see: boxes of plain bricks/plates again.
 more trains
 #8460? Pnuematic truck left over in a shop
 somewhere...
Current LEGO Project:  Sorting bricks into some sort of order.
 Building train track crossovers
 Trying to find a source of 37.5mm model railway
 track to see if it works with lego trains...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Cycling, Cricket, Computing, Pets




From: "Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com>
Reply-To: srich@baseplate.com
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 22:56:50 GMT

Name: Suzanne D. Rich
Year of Birth: 1970
Location:  Massachusetts, Cambridge area
E-mail Address: suz@baseplate.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): baseplate.com, lugnet.com, auczilla.com
Marital Status:  engaged to Todd Lehman :-)
Children: cat and garden are enough
Occupation: illustrator, LEGO pusher
On R.T.L Since: 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: a few hundred
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: about a dozen
# of LEGO Pieces:  beyond 100,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: hoping for CA as a honeymoon stop.

First LEGO Set: old Samsonite set, 021
Favorite Theme(s): Train, MOCs, 9v Computer Control LEGO/LOGO
Favorite Set(s): 725, 4552 Cargo Crane, 4554 Metro Sta, 9364 DACTA hosp
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):garage doors, Ice Planet FM head
Set/theme you would like to see: architecture kits, peasant village
Current LEGO Project: drawing up plans for minifig-scale homes based on
classic American domestic architecture.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My minifigs created their own ISP, Legopolis
Online, for access to the web.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading non-fiction (architecture, suburban
planning, biomechanics, ethology), perennial gardening.




From: matthewv@digital.net (Matthew Verdier)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:30:01 GMT
Organization: Florida Online

Name:                   Matthew Verdier 
Gender:                 Male
Year of Birth:          1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:   10 ish
Location:               Orlando, FL, USA
E-mail Address:         matthewv@digital.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://ddi.digital.net/~matthewv/mjvhome.html
Marital Status:         Single
Children:               0
Occupation:             Electrical Engineer/Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Don't remember exactly, sometime in 94?  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     120, not counting gray brick packs and roof
brick packs
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:                 100,000? hard to estimate once you get past
a certain point
# of LEGOfests Attended:          1 on July 22cd , 1998 at the LIC
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:    0

First LEGO Set:         Don't remember
Favorite Theme(s):      Castle
Favorite Set(s):        5145, gray bricks (I have over 100 brick packs
with 30     
more coming on Thursday 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   I hate minifigs, I pretty much just throw 
them into a bucket
Set/theme you would like to see:   Brick packs of arches in a variety of sizes
and colors, roof bricks in colors, good quality sets with Greco-Roman 
architecture 
Current LEGO Project:              My largest Cathedral ever, probably a
total 
of 12000 pieces.  I ran out of arches, and the sets with pieces I need to 
finish it should show up Thursday

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       Back when conversations were the rule on 
RTL and auction annoucments were the exception, we used to talk about what we
would do with 10000 gray 2x4 bricks.  I seem to have some hope of being able
to answer that question soon

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:        Architecture, archealogy, ancient
cultures, 
studying social trends, drawing, reading, playing computer games, movies, etc.




From: DragonElf1 <dragonelf1@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:41:43 -0400
Organization: NOAA Resource Development Center

Name:  Jeff Stembel
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-12
Location:  Silver Spring, MD, USA (Suburb of DC)
E-mail Address: Dragonelf1@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None Yet
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation: Student, Part time job with NOAA
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  7/98(Newbie!!)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~300
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  50,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, Billund

First LEGO Set: a small Basic Set with those old square 1-piece people
Favorite Theme(s):  Town (includes Train), Castle, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  6390 Main Street, 6698? RV with Speedboat
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  A knight I fully decked out
Set/theme you would like to see: Residential and Commercial Town Sets, 
Ancient OR Adventurers exploring Greek, Roman ruins Etc.
Current LEGO Project: Diver stuff, Town stuff

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Visiting Legoland, Billund

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Reading




From: chuckcottrill@mindspring.com (Chuck Cottrill)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 06:27:56 GMT
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises

Name:  Chuck Cottrill
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/etc: It's never too late to have a happy childhood
Location: Woodstock, Georgia (just north of Atlanta)
Email Address: chuckcottrill@mindspring.com
URL(s): none
Marital Status: married
Children: 3 (born in 1991, 1993, 1997)
Occupation: Software Designer
On R.T.L: since: late 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  250+ sets, 50-100 polybags
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 200+ (no room)
# of LEGO Pieces: boatloads
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: 
Favorite Theme(s): castle, pirate
Favorite Set(s):   6024, 6074, 6251
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): piece-sword, minifig-black falcon
Set/theme you would like to see: napoleonic war, revolutionary war,
    WW2, dante's inferno/purgatorio/paradisio, ancients (roman,
    egyptian, greek), dark ages, churches+mosques+temples, tolkien.
    minifigs with elbows and knees, horses with hips, town minifigs
    with grey and blue suits, bring back smileys.  believable hair!
Current LEGO Project:  lego-based wargame for castle, pirate, and
    other 'low-tech' combat.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:   my children, gaming, live action role
    playing, world domination




From: "Laura Crow" <arielle@flash.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 22:07:03 -0500

Name:  Laura Crow
Gender:  F
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ????
Location:  Houston, TX
E-mail Address:  Arielle@flash.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.flash.net/~arielle
Marital Status:  happily married :)
Children:  1 cat and 1 husband
Occupation:  High School Teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994 (?)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  130+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  30 (give or take a few)
# of LEGO Pieces:  ????
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0  :(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0  :(
First LEGO Set:  6054 - Forestmen's Hideout (Castle)
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle (of course)  :)
Favorite Set(s):  Any and all Forestmen (new and old)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Fright Knight's Witch, Black Dragon
Set/theme you would like to see:  ????
Current LEGO Project:  Organizing, cleaning, and displaying my sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  ????
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer, country dancing, husband




From: Thomas Main <main@conrad.appstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 16:16:16 -0500 (EST)

Name:  Thomas Main
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  Boone, North Carolina
E-mail Address:  main@appstate.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://main.nc.us/~tmain/brickenplate/
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Library Assistant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  July 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Ever Increasing :) 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  Usually under 5
# of LEGO Pieces:  ??
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  A bag of miscellaneous Lego that had belonged to my 
sister
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Train, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  7740 Passenger Train, 6399 Airport Shuttle, 398 U.S.S.
Constellation, 6383 Public Works Center
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2x4 brick
                                  Infomaniac minifig's face
Set/theme you would like to see:  Civic Theme for Town 
                                  (Library, Courthouse, 
                                   Museum, Public Park)
Current LEGO Project:  Holding Lego auctions, Building a modular Lego
town (big town, small space), Creating a Lego webpage.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Seeing a large "riverboat" model and a
large castle/town model on display at a retailer years ago

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computing, Reading, Outdoors (hiking,
swimming)




From: rwright@pcsedu.com
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:18:59 -0600

Name: Richard Mussler-Wright ( "Weird Richard" )
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental age/status of inner child: Infinate
Location: Boise Idaho
E-mail address: rwright@pcsedu.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.weirdrichard.com/weird.htm
		       www.pcsedu.com 
                      
Marital status: Married to Marlene (also a big LEGO fan).
Children: None.
Occupation: Teacher.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 ( off and on lurking about )
 
# of sets in LEGO collection: About 200
# of LEGO pieces: Not enough. 
# of LEGOfests Attended: I have hosted several but none outside the school.

First LEGO set: Technic Power Pack
Favorite theme(s): Anything Dacta...Technics, Town and Country.
Favorite set(s): Dacta Pnuematics.
Favorite Piece(s) Freespinning 16 spur gear...the "old" differential housing,
		translucent light bricks!
		  
Current projects: (1) Replicating all of the Exploratoriums "Illusions" 
		exhibits;
		  (2) Build a belly dancing robot
		  (3) A giant Halloween monster
		  (4) Getting the "tootbot" to work ( grr grr ) :(
	          (5) Build a fiberoptic network using Lego elements 
		( I have 2 PC interfaces and 30 feet of fiberoptic cable...
		the goal is to type characters and have them recieved and 
		on the monitor )
		  and
		  (6) Build an "Art Robot."

( I don't have enough time in the day! )	

Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Three (3)...Weird Richard's web site
		complete with 100s of pics and lesson plans for teachers;
		I publish my own "Lego fanzine" out of my home and
		I built a robot arm that could explore Mars!

Other (non-LEGO) interests: Archaeology!!!!...history etc, "art," accordians,
		theater ( I was in two plays last summer ), coffee,
		reading ( I am working on Strindberg's diary right now )
		and of course music ( local band favs: Built to
		Spill, Mosquitones, Godzounds and Caustic Resin ). 
		I have more but that will tide you folk over!  ;)







From: Dirk Staatsen <dirk@no-spam.nedlux.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:58:14 -0700
Organization: nedlux

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Dirk Staatsen
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Coralville, IA
E-mail Address: dirk@nedlux.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.nedlux.com/lego
Marital Status: engaged
Children: 0
Occupation: web related
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: under 10
# of LEGO Pieces: 30.000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (are there any -near- Iowa?)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund, DK (and Mall of America ;-) )

First LEGO Set: 648 service station or 605 taxi and probably DUPLO
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train
Favorite Set(s): 7740 intercity,  6394 Metro Park & Service Tower
(anyone?)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): remote switches (7858 & 7859), road
signs
Set/theme you would like to see: passenger train wagons, wider variety
of town
Current LEGO Project: finding a bigger apartment with a potential LEGO
room so we can finally build our  LEGO city

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: good food and conversation (work to live,
not live to work)

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From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com>
Organization: Time Warner
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 00:04:49 GMT
From: ejlind@fedex.com
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 23:01:44 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:	Eric Lind
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12, or maybe 25 
(my designs keep running to the grandiose) 
Location:  Colorado Springs, CO
E-mail Address:  ejlind@brain.uccs.edu 
LEGO/home page URL(s):	http://www.uccs.edu/~ejlind/lego/lego.html
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  college student/Java developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997 (off and on)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  too many to count
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:   0, ZERO, ZILCH (I need the pieces, man)
# of LEGO Pieces:  20,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:   None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:   1 (Billund, twice)

First LEGO Set:  Probably some Duplos, but the first I remember is the Yellow
Castle
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle (excluding Fright Knights) and early Pirate
Favorite Set(s):  the Arctic Technic sets (I have all except the mobile base)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the medieval helmet with a moveable visor
Set/theme you would like to see:  Adventurers expanded to India (tigers,
elephants, do you see the parallel with Indiana Jones here?)
Current LEGO Project:  a Roman temple complete with a dome (I have a 36 stud
diameter dome built, now for the rest of the thing)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:




From: "DJA" <dastolfo@NOSPAMglobalserve.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:43:41 -0400
Organization: GlobalServe Communications Inc.

Name:  Dave
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 to 12 years old
Location:  Waterdown, Ontario
E-mail Address: dastolfo@globalserve.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.globalserve.net/~dastolfo
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  Information Systems
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Feb 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none at the moment
# of LEGO Pieces:  ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none
First LEGO Set:  Dont remember
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Mindstorms
Favorite Set(s):  Old car with 3 speeds and working engine (not sure of #)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Gears / motors/ pneumatics
Set/theme you would like to see: Robotics (coming with Mindstorms)
Current LEGO Project:  to build a working bicycle shifter mechanism
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Built a front wheel drive with steering
before I ever saw it produced by lego.
else
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Mountain Bike Racing, Computers, Camping,
Swimming, Application Development

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From: "Richard" <nospam.richard.dee@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:36:57 +0100
Organization: Virgin News Service

Name:  Richard Dee
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  August 5th, 1969 (Its my birthday today!)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  England
E-mail Address: nospam.richard.dee@virgin.net (remove nospam dot)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.dee/lego.html
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  About 300 minifigs
Occupation:  Analyst (from September)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  March 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  250+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6 (but only because I haven't had
         a chance to build them yet!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  45000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland Windsor

First LEGO Set:  A basic set, then 565 Lunar Landing
Favourite Theme(s):  Technic, Space, Football Stadium
Favourite Set(s):  8480 Space Shuttle, 8880 Super Car, Football
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Skeleton, Imperial Guard,
  Black Classic Space Minifig, England Player #20
Set/theme you would like to see: Robotics, oh, they're doing that!
        more space themes, e.g. LC!
Current LEGO Project:  Deciding which current Lego project to do 1st!
   I am doing quite a few at the moment!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Only the making available the scans of
     the Football Stadium Promo brochure for
     all to see (Thanks Gadget!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Cinema, Sci-Fi, Travel,

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From: James Aldrich <jaldrich@sparknet.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 08:14:57 -0500
Organization: Home

Name: James Aldrich
Gender: Male, apparently
Year of Birth: 1952
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8/still disturbed
Location: Over by Green Bay
E-mail Address: jaldrich@sparknet.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: generally low
Children: Four daughters (ages 5-28)
Occupation: Dad, Grandpa
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown; sets are merely parts in a fancy box
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: a dozen or so 
# of LEGO Pieces: rather a lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: 6073 Knight's Castle
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): This week, 6081 King's Mountain Fortress; next week,
6071 Forestmen's Crossing
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 gray brick/Dark Forest man with
brown jack and blue sleeves
Set/theme you would like to see: The Agora/Hellenic Greece
Current LEGO Project: Populating the medieval landscape I haven't yet built

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Found four Metroliners at retail and only
bought three of them

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Historical reenactment; low-tech,
projectile-casting implements of destruction




From: ben@fusiondev.com (Ben Kimball)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:59:32 -0500
Organization: Fusion Development

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Ben "Ben Kimball" Kimball
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  24 (age is irrelevant. only lego matters.)
Location:  Austin, TX
E-mail Address: ben@fusiondev dot com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://ben.fusiondev.com/ (shortly)
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Eeek! You scared me. Er, none.
Occupation:  Self-employed software developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  7/98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40ish
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (what, are you kidding?)
# of LEGO Pieces:  12,000? (wild guess)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 maybe (see below)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, sigh

First LEGO Set:  493 Space Command Center
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic baby, particularly construction vehicles
Favorite Set(s):  8480 is nice, but 8422 and 8440 speak to me.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Anything versatile
Set/theme you would like to see: Space Model Team (X-1, sputnik, skylab,
apollo LEM, Hubble, etc)
Current LEGO Project:  Bankruptcy

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I was at the '86 World's Fair in Vancouver
B.C. and all I cared about was the huge LEGO display across town (on
tour). It was the first time I saw what the LEGO designers could do when
unleashed on an unsuspecting warehouse of parts. I was stunned, walked
around in a daze. Models bigger than me! Too bad I lost the big brochure
with pictures of all the models. Sigh.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Gaming of all kinds (computer, video, even
those involving those weird people things).

---

Whoops! Gotta go! Talk about serendipity; my S@H order just arrived. 5571
here I come! =)

Cheers,
Ben

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Fusion Development..........................fusiondev@mindspring.com
starmax.net.........<http://www.starmax.net/>........ben@starmax.net




From: "Larry Draper" <larryd@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:55:41 -0700
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

Name:  Larry Draper
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  October 11, 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Everett, WA
E-mail Address: larryd@msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none, but I'm working on it
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  3 (7, 6 & 3)
Occupation:  Computer Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  150+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (a Red Beard Runner I got on clearance)
# of LEGO Pieces:  10000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Several basic sets, (I still have complete instructions for
the 565 Lunar Landing)
Favourite Theme(s):  Pirate, Wild West
Favourite Set(s):   6289 (Red Beard Runner),  487 (Space Cruiser), 6462
(Aerial Recovery)
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   The "Robin Hood" Dark Forest minifig,
the Pirate "captain"
Set/theme you would like to see:  More sports themes - baseball, basketball,
etc.  Fenway Park in particular.  Roman or Greek
Current LEGO Project:   Wild West town/setting.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The fact that I still have complete
instructions for the 565 Lunar Landing after not seeing/having my Legos for
more that 15 years.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:   Computers, baseball, NASCAR, reading.




From: "Tyler Harms" <stinky@fidnet.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:25:21 -0500
Organization: Fidelity Communications, Inc.

Name:  Tyler Harms(you can call me Eggy)
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  October 5, 1984
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9
Location:  Sullivan, MO
E-mail Address: stinky@fidnet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): :o( Need to get a camera b4 I make a site.
Marital Status:  single
Children:  me
Occupation: I guess I am a janitor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  July 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah, right :oP
# of LEGO Pieces:  25000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  The 6634 Stock car
Favourite Theme(s):  Trains, Technic
Favourite Set(s):   8480 Space shuttle
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   40T gears, flex cables, the aquanauts
Set/theme you would like to see:  something with flex system in it!(besides
the bar code truck) is this a lost art!?

Current LEGO Project:   Re-creating my HO scale model
railroad/engines/coaches in Lego(which means I had to get four 25ht
anniversary buckets to get enough green bricks to make a burlington/northern
engine)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:My Burlington/northern engine, And my Baseplate
box :o)
I've been using the real Lego Bricks(down with duplo) since I was two
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: are there any??????




From: ard11@cornell.edu (Alan Demlow)
Date: 5 Aug 1998 19:21:17 GMT
Organization: Cornell University

Name:  Alan Demlow
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Unknown
Location:  Ithaca, NY 
E-mail Address: ard11@cornell.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  -----
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None (but we just got a kitten!)
Occupation:  Grad student (hopefully I'll be mathematician some day... :)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September 1996

Well, in response to the below question, I sort of have 2 collections--one of 
them resides with me here in NY and has been acquired since last June, when my 
wife gave me a Freight 'n Crane Railway for a wedding gift.  The other part 
lives with my brother Steve in Minneapolis along with the rest of our 
childhood Lego.  Perhaps I should try to convince his wife that my Lego is 
taking up too much space in their house...

But for my current collection:
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 or so 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (can't afford to keep them around--too 
	much good stuff out there to play with now!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  6000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  Hmmmm...I think it was a little late 70's set--a 
	bulldozer/tractor with red wheels that had tracks that fit over them.
Favourite Theme(s):  Train
Favourite Set(s):  4565 Freight 'n Crane Railway, 2150 Retrostation, Volcano 
	Island (it's got great parts--we have four of 'em!)
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Hmmm...
Set/theme you would like to see:  Classic passenger train

Current LEGO Project:  Convincing myself to put the Lego away so I can do work 
when the semester starts soon...(but we've recently built a cool house, a big 
tunnel for the train, and a minifig clothing store--the last one was a 
blast--my wife agreed to let me leave the hands in the torsos as long as I 
didn't put heads with the hats and wigs on display :).

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Well, I probably don't have one (except perhaps 
finding a Guarded Inn for $15 in near-mint condition a few months ago).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Math and science, church/campus fellowship, 
basketball and other sports, music, our cat




From: Richard Edwards <rockinricky@prodigy.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 14:59:24 -0600
Organization: Prodigy Services Corp

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Richard Edwards
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location:  Pueblo, CO
E-mail Address: rockinricky@prodigy.net
LEGO/Home page URL(s): None (as yet)
Marital Status: Single
Children:  none
Occupation:  Sales & Service Consultant (fancy name for "telemarketer")
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None!
# of LEGO Pieces: < 5,000 (gave 'em away, then got a lot of 'em back)
# of LEGO Fests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  Super Value Set #129 late 1969-early 1970
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):   Technic, waiting for Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Motors, Gears
Set/Theme you would like to see: Models of real cars, and yes, I want to
see the STAR WARS sets
Current LEGO Project: saving for the Mindstorms set
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Getting other kids into LEGO
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Movies, Science Fiction




From: matthewwm@aol.com (Matthew WM)
Date: 6 Aug 1998 08:34:47 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Matt Marshall
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  82 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  US
E-mail Address:  Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net
LEGO/home page URL(s)  None:  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student, semi-quasi computer program
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  8-0-98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces:  Unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I wish

First LEGO Set: Err probaly a duplo set 
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, town
Favorite Set(s):  All('cept for time)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): MegaTron 
Set/theme you would like to see: Megatron II
Current LEGO Project:  Organizing them

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None really  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Females, what else is there?

Matt

Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net




From: tegan@eskimo.com (Laura Gjovaag)
Date: 6 Aug 1998 15:03:26 GMT
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Laura Gjovaag
Gender:  Female (last I checked)
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Bothell Washington
E-mail Address: tegan@eskimo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.eskimo.com/~tegan/ (almost no LEGO
content, sorry)
Marital Status:  Happily married
Children:  not yet
Occupation:  Tech Support and Documentation
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Lurking since 1994 (with some gaps)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None, how can you *not* open LEGO?!??!?
# of LEGO Pieces:  People actually count?!??!?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  I can't remember, but it made my Dad scream when he
stepped on it.
Favorite Theme(s): Divers
Favorite Set(s): 6441 Deep Reef Refuge
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My dolphins
Set/theme you would like to see: DC Super-heroes! or Xena

Current LEGO Project: I got my first train last night (8/5/98) and spent
most of the night playing with it.  I intend to build a LEGO train based
on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, eventually.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Gave away all my catalogs and set
instructions to fellow legomaniac a couple years back (because I was
running out of room to store them), now I wish I'd been able to scan them
first. 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aquaman, Xena, British SF, Honor Harrington

-Laura Gjovaag
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From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com>
Organization: Time Warner
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 20:38:16 GMT

Name: Greg	
Gender: male
Year of Birth: Why does it matter?
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: If I told you I'd have to kill you
email address: just hit the reply button
Lego/home page URLs: none yet
Martial Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Person
On RTL (ATL) Since: June 98
# of sets in collection: about 70 or 80
#of unopened sets: 0
# of pieces: a lot
# of Legofests attended: 0
#of Lego theme parks visited: 0
First set: a big red basic bucket
Favorite theme(s): at the moment, Pirate (Why'd they have to go and stop
making it?!?!) and Model team
Favorite Set(s): Imperial Flagship, Black Thunder
Favorite pieces, minifigs: Imperial Soldier fig, 1x3 inverse slopes, 1x1x1
finned engines, red Futuron fig, Blacktron I figs
Set/Theme you would like to see: Futuron II, Blacktron III, Pirates
continued!!!!!!!!!!! A Model Team F15 or something
Current Lego project: using up all of my pieces
Greatest claim to Lego fame: none
Other Non-Lego interests: stuff 




From: "David Foglesong" <oldlegos@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:56:46 PDT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Last updated on Dec. 18, 1996

Name: Dave Foglesong
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12ish
Location: Northern Virginia (Alexandria)
E-mail Address: oldlegos@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Don't have one :-(
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 50
# of LEGO Pieces: A lot50,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: 570 Fire Station
Favorite Theme(s): Classic/Futuron Space, Train, Town
Favorite Set(s): Lunar Landing, Metroliner, Metrostation, Galaxy 
Explorer, Space Command Center, Launch and Load Seaport, 1970s Fire 
(570) and Police (585) Stations
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space blue figures, Futuron red 
figures, Blacktron I figures
Set/theme you would like to see: A Town school, theater, or store
Current LEGO Project: Large Train/Town layout with a harbor, airport, 
and resort.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Own two sealed Metroliners!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Running, Camping, Military History, Star 
Wars, Star Trek




From: "bishop" <lurkingglass@NOSPAMgeocities.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 01:33:15 -0400
Organization: epix Internet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  bishop                (Phillip Ogden)
Gender:  m
Year of Birth:  1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  approx. 8 (?) need to review my "child
psychology"
Location:  Blossburg, PA    USA
E-mail Address:  lurkingglass@NOSPAMgeocities.com (remove nospam)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none finished yet, two in the works
Marital Status:  single (can't find a female foolish enough...) :?)
Children:  none of my own
Occupation:  visual communications specialist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurking since the dawn of time
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (why have 'em if you don't play with
'em)
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~25,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  don't really remember, think they were yardsale bricks
Favorite Theme(s):  space,castle (is technic a theme?)
Favorite Set(s):  6581,8286,3206,9719,6544
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  minifigs, any minifigs, "you can never
have too many minifigs"
Set/theme you would like to see: a 10,000 pc "Battlestar Gallactica"
Current LEGO Project:  the "lurkingglass" a large black/blue spaceship
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  no fame yet
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computer graphics/animation
====================================================

:?) bishop




From: Troy Innocent <troy@iconica.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 18:13:34 +1000
Organization: Customer of OzEmail/Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Troy Innocent
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Melbourne, VIC, Australia
E-mail Address:  troy@iconica.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): -
Marital Status:  married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Artist / teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May 98 (sorry for lurking...)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  haven't counted, maybe 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  full set of Shell promo sets (10)
# of LEGO Pieces:  5000 (?)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  3 (when I was physically a child)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set:  ? but remember Galaxy Explorer, Yellow Castle, and
LL918
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Technic, Space, Castle & Space
Favorite Set(s): currently, all the Insectoids (must get US only 2965
Hornet Scout...)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  this week it is the black ninja guy
Set/theme you would like to see:  purple bricks (to go with the orange)
and bulk silver bricks (Ultraman Lego?)
Current LEGO Project:  reconstructing the sets I had as a kid (not a
single brick was thrown away!)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  had the biggest collection among the kids
at school
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  electronic music, Japan, artificial life

- ok, it's out there...
troy




From: "Thomas P. Rafert" <trafert1@gte.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:41:30 -0700
Organization: gte.net

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Thomas P. Rafert
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-16
Location: Seattle, Wa., U.S.A
E-mail Address: trafert1@gte.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home1.gte.net/trafert1/index.htm
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: Machinist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since early 98', delurked Sept. 98'

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Somewhere in excess of 500
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 50, but I'm trying to correct that
problem.

# of LEGO Pieces: What!!!! count them? just a minute
... 1,2,3,... I'll get back with you on this. :-)
# of LEGOfests Attended: Does the PNLTC shows count? if so, then 3 or
4 and more to come.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet, but hopefully I'll be in
Carlsbad, Ca., March 20,1999 with the rest of you. :-)

First LEGO Set: I think it was 6081
Favorite Theme(s):Castles and Trains
Favorite Set(s): Oh, now that's a tough one. I don't like to discriminate. :-)
How about 6086 & 4564
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Same problem here.
Set/theme you would like to see: Return to Classic Castle & Town and expanding
the Train theme
Current LEGO Project: Train Layout, New Train Engines & cars.  Castle Kingdom

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First to post (in fact it was my first post) about
Orange Bricks w/ picture & parts list. And having sorted well in excess of
100,000 bricks (it gets hard to find some you know).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, Hiking, Gardening, Raising Chickens &
Rabbits, the list goes on. :-)


--
Tom's Home Page
http://home1.gte.net/trafert1
PNLTC Member
http://www.pnltc.org/




From: Blockhead@StuffYourSpam.DeLurk
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:05:13 +0100

Name:  Steve Scott
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  About the same as the kids
Location:  Peebles, Scotland
E-mail Address:  sls@jane-villa.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  In the pipeline
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  Son (7) and Daughter (3)
Occupation:  Computer Aided Design Consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1998 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  29 (don't scoff!) and increasing at 1 or
2 per month.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (brick tubs for emergencies)
# of LEGO Pieces:  3000-5000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Hoping to visit Windsor soon.

First LEGO Set:  Can't remember that far back!  Rediscovery phase
brought on by 6484 (9V Recovery Vehicle)
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquanauts, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  6339 (Space Shuttle & Launcher)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Silver Bricks (see AucZilla VIII!) and
anything with a hinge
Set/theme you would like to see: Famous Buildings
Current LEGO Project:  Modelling our (late Victorian) house.  Creating
and AutoCAD slide library and menu system from LDraw .DAT files with the
help of Paulo Caparica Junior's DAT2DXF program.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Making all of our CAD students draw several
Lego elements as part of our City & Guilds AutoCAD syllabus

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Gardening, Renovating our house.
-- 
**Warning Spam Deflector Deployed**
reply to SLS@jane-villa.demon.co.uk




From: swebb@cix.co.uk (Simon Webb)
Date: 22 Sep 1998 15:20:39 GMT
Organization: CIX - Compulink Information eXchange

Name:  Simon Webb
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Hmmm, about 12 today.
Location:  Swindon, Wilts, England
E-mail Address:  swebb@cix.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Got a page on the Mindstorms site (Spider's Lair),
but nothing there yet :-)
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  3 lads (18, 14, 11) and 1 daughter (17 going on 30)
Occupation:  Self employed programmer/consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  About 50-ish
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  You are joking!
# of LEGO Pieces:  Not a clue, but it is taking up rather a lot of space
in the office :-(
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  Been to Windsor twice this year, and we're
going back for more!

First LEGO Set:  Phew, must have been back in the mid/late sixties,
whatever was around then.
Favorite Theme(s):  Mindstorms/Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Mindstorms!
Favorite Piece(s):  Micro-motor (just love tiny things)
Set/theme you would like to see:  Mindstorms Beer Retrieval Expansion Set.
Current LEGO Project:  Well, I only picked up Mindstorms last week, so I'm
pretty heavily into that.  I'm too impatient to wait for the Mars
Expansion set, I'm repackaging a Tyco Video-Cam in my own Lego housing so
I can have a bot wandering around the garden sending pictures back to me.
I've got a half-finished shuttle that I really must get around to
completing.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I chatted up the Lego Rep in TRU today.  Does
that count?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Beer, electronics, computers, AI and beer.




From: johan_bosma@my-dejanews.com
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:25:39 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:                                 Johan Bosma
Gender:                               Male
Year of Birth:                        1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:     10
Location:                             The netherlands
E-mail Address:                       bosma.johan@kpmg.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s):                none due to the policy of my employer
Marital Status:                       married
Children:                             a two year old girl and one coming
Occupation:                           CPA (Accountant)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:               1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:         appr. 60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:     5
# of LEGO Pieces:                     appr. 250.000
# of LEGOfests Attended:              none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:        one, Legoland Billund this summer

First LEGO Set:                       The blue moonlander
Favorite Theme(s):                    Town/Train
Favorite Set(s):                      Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):      I love them all
Set/theme you would like to see:      More trains
Current LEGO Project:                 A large train layout with a large harbor

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:          ??????

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:           Travelling

Personal note: I have been on this newsgroup since 1997. My main interest was
everything that has to do with trains. I collect train sets, i have all 9v
sets and some 12v sets. To get some extra money to buy the (expensive) train
sets i sell some lego now and than, mainly train sets like the Metroliner.
Due to the company policy of my Employer, KPMG, i am not allowed to have my
own homepage and e-mail account, so sometimes i use the Dejanews facilities.
If anyone has a question about trains or is looking for hard to find 12v
train sets, let me know.

Regards, Johan

-----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==-----
http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp   Create Your Own Free Member Forum




From: "Sikem D." <Birdpark@nowhere.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:15:48 +0200

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:                                                     Sikem Daehnel
Gender:                                                  Male
Year of Birth:                                         1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:       12 - 13
Location:                                                Denmark
E-mail Address:                                    macaw@adr.dk
LEGO/home page URL(s):                  None, All space used.
Marital Status:                                       Married.
Children:                                                0
Occupation:                                           Having my own Company,
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:                        December   1997.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:             27 Technic +  5 Model Team.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:      5 Technic + 7 Model Team
                                                               150+ other
# of LEGO Pieces:                              20000 + 3000 Technic

# of LEGOfests Attended:                  None.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:     1 Billund / Denmark ( Many Times ).

First LEGO Set:                                   Can't remember.
Favorite Theme(s):                              Technic, Model Team.
Favorite Set(s)                                     #5571   Giant Truck.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):         A Green 1x4 Technic Beam.
Set/theme you would like to see:       More large Model Team Sets.
Current LEGO Project:                        None.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:       ?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:             Our Bird Park, with large parrots
Http://home11.inet.tele.dk/macaw/pictures/index.htm

Sincerely

Sikem Daehnel
macaw@adr.dk
If man can save the Macaw, he might save mandkind.'




From: Silly_Name@my-dejanews.com
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:17:01 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Name:  Silly Name
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Unknown.
Location:  A secret location in the UK.
E-mail Address:  Silly_Name@my-dejanews.com (although I rarely read it)
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status:  Single with SO
Children:  None
Occupation:  Computer Support/Training/Technical Writing
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30-40
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  5000-10000... probably
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  1, 1nce

First LEGO Set:  Red House (may have been generic box), then black and blue
car, then yellow and black forklift in 1970s. Then classic space and castle.

Favorite Theme(s):  Castle/Space/Adventurers/Pirates Favorite Set(s):  Fright
Knights castle/Exploriens Starship I cannot remember older sets Favorite
Piece(s):  Space prongs and bits and spines and dishes and things Set/theme
you would like to see:	?Ancient Rome? Also, Brand new Castle theme in 1999
Current LEGO Project:  Volcano secret alien base, time-town (different time
zones in temporal oasis place with time teleport pads, saloon etc.), minifig
amphitheatre, large mothership, "chalk castle" (just completed and destroyed
- boo hoo!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Writing pop/1st-person shooters/***/food/ranting




From: kriz@nospam.co.uk (kriz - UK)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:08:04 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Chris Marwood
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 
Location: Tonbridge, Kent UK

E-mail Address:  kriz@globalnet.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not up yet
Marital Status:  to be married April '99
Children:  to be conceived April '99
Occupation:  IT manager in Macintosh Colour Repro Department (litho)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept '98. What a friendly group :)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:1 (bought yesterday)
# of LEGO Pieces: Never considered this.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0. Windsor soon

First LEGO Set: There was just always this big box of LEGO. Where it
came from is a mystery to me. I must of been born with it :)
Favourite Theme(s): Trains. Classic Space
Favourite Set(s): 918 - One man spaceship (first I bought with saved
up pocket money)
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those original white and red
spacemen (see above 918)
Set/theme you would like to see: Have to say more train stuff
Current LEGO Project: Loft conversion to house train set!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not having a witty comment for this
section

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (naturally), music (both
listening and making), reading, drag racing, DIY. Satellite TV.




From: bgatrelle@aol.comSPAMLESS (BGATRELLE)
Date: 25 Sep 1998 23:29:11 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Ben Gatrelle
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
Location: Charleston, SC USA
E-mail Address:  bgatrelle@juno.com (home) ben.gatrelle@bigfoot.com (alias for
work)
LEGO/home page URL(s): working on geocities page
Marital Status: S
Children: 0
Occupation: Management position at small computer reseller
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 98 (newbie so be nice ;-) )
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown, but my last census approximated 230
people, 10
skeletons, 3 androids, 10 UFO androids, 9 aliens, 0 insectoids
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  aboout 10 Hovertrons, and 20 #6902 UFO
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: from childhood, I don't rember. Post Dark Ages probably a small
Tecnic set.
Favorite Theme(s): #1 Space, #2 castle
Favorite Set(s): #6075 yellow castle (sentimental value)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): #1 Classic black space men (I currently have
zero)  #2 Imperial
Guards soldiers
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project:   I'm trying to build everything I have instructions for
and see what I have left.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: poetry (reading & writing), hanging out with
friends, movies 
Ben Gatrelle

Send mail to bgatrelle@juno.com  I do not check this temporary AOL email
account.




From: Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:16:02 +0100
Organization: Ian Bishop

Name: Ian Bishop
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Confidential
Location: Ayrshire UK
E-mail Address: ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet
Marital Status: M
Children: 1 girl, 8
Occupation: Air Traffic Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov 96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 450-500
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx 100 (sad I know)
# of LEGO Pieces: couldn't begin to estimate
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (4 member get together hosted by Bill Katz,
San Francisco April 98).
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Windsor (but drove past the 'Legoland
will be here soon' sign at Carlsbad!)
First LEGO Set: a 1960's basic set in a wooden box with a sliding lid.
Favourite Theme(s): MT, Train, Town, Castle.
Favourite Set(s): Metroliner, Metrostation, Airport Monorail
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): hmmm...
Set/theme you would like to see: New train and town sets
Current LEGO Project: making good many sets at the moment
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: biggest collection in Scotland?
Distributor of Blockbuster Video and Scotland World Cup sets
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Other toys (Scalextric, View Master, Corgi
Rockets, Matchbox Superfast)
Photography
Computers

Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK




From: "Maria W. Campbell" <maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 3 Oct 1998 03:17:32 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Maria W. Campbell
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1957
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location:  Newport News, VA
E-mail Address: maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/Home page URL(s): None (as yet)
Marital Status: Married
Children:  2 (Twin boys)
Occupation:  Educator and Systems Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Dozens
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None!
# of LEGO Pieces:  > 50,000
# of LEGO Fests Attended: 3
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  I don't remember the Set #, but it's a 'Tiny Red Truck'.
It sits on my desk to this day  :-)
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Space,  Race, Town
Favorite Set(s):   Technic, Mindstorms, Insectoids
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 8880 Super Car (of course)!
Set/Theme you would like to see: REAL Town sets, more Technic stuff
Current LEGO Project: Finishing 'Our Town'
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Was the 'Master Builder' of my block when
I was a kid.. (No Lie)!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Cars, Motorcycles, Music, Pets,
People

maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net

"We are the sum total of everything we eat, see,
learn, and experience"......Nolan Bushnell




From: "Charles G. Opper III" <oppercha@peachnet.campus.mci.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:43:31 -0400
Organization: CampusMCI

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Charles G. Opper III aka C-3
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14yrs and creative as ever
Location:  Savannah, GA
E-mail Address: C_3@email.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.geocities.com/~c3
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student/Web Developer/Computer Lab Technician
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 20
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: > 1000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 6870 Space Probe Launcher
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town, Castle
Favorite Set(s): 6870, 6973
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space figs
Set/theme you would like to see: Sports Oriented themes
Current LEGO Project:  Space City Sol Galaxia (TM)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The OLU (Opper Lego Universe (TM)), Lego Hero
Teams, and much more to come.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Comic Collecting, Music, Software Engineering,
Web Development




From: dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com (dbulkley)
Date: 05 Oct 1998 12:24:27 PDT
Organization: The Serious Collector

Name:  					Derick Bulkley
Gender:  				M
Year of Birth:  				1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  	16
Location:  				San Francisco, CA
E-mail Address:				dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com
Hompage/URL:				None, yet
Marital Status:  				S
Children:  				0
Occupation:  				Entrepreneuer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  			1/97
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  		300 +/-
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:		100
# of LEGO Pieces:  			Tens of Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended:		0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:		0
First LEGO Set:  			hand-me-down,w/coloredgears 
Favorite Theme(s):  			Town, Train, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  			super car, airclaw rig,
Metroliner, monorails, metrostation, BBR, metro parkinging garage

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  		4 speed transmission
Set/theme you would like to see: 		gantry crane, 2-legged
walker, hydraulics, more new trains.

Current LEGO Project:  			trains
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  		crane will lift my 5 LB
Godzilla
Comments: 				I HATE TOWN JR.!!!!




From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 23:21:45 -0700
Organization: VFAQ.COM, http://www.vfaq.com; SF Bay Area Club DSM, 
  http://ba.dsm.org

Name:  Tom Stangl
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9max
Location:  CA
E-mail Address: LEGO@vfaq.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://people.netscape.com/toms/
Marital Status:  M
Children:  None
Occupation:  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Only 200 or so?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40 or so
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~15-25,000 ?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Too long ago to remember
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Race
Favorite Set(s):  8880, 8480, 6538, 6648 (Mag Racer), 5581, 5550
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Pistons/engines
Set/theme you would like to see: STAR WARS, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek

Current LEGO Project:  Trading parts for projects

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Started the S@H Special RTL postings,
proliferated Wants/Trades Web pages

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Cars, cars, cars, computers, and cars

-- 
Tom Stangl
***http://www.vfaq.com/
***DSM Visual FAQ home
***http://ba.dsm.org/
***SF Bay Area DSMs




Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:02:34 -0700
From: "Justin M. Kopp" <jmkopp@projsolutions.com>
Organization: Project Solutions, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Justin M. Kopp
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Fairport, NY / Amherst, MA
E-mail Address:  jmkopp@student.umass.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  n/a
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:Systems Analyst/Web Author/Network Administrator/Microsoft
Backoffice
    Programmer(It's a small company)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Aug 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 500
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  zero
# of LEGO Pieces:  I don't *want* to count that high
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set: I think I actually received several Classic Space sets
all at once.
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space and Town before about 1992 (especially
the planes!)
Favorite Set(s):   6980 Galaxy Commander ( I begged for 4 monts to get
this set for Christmas)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars - have been waiting since
about 1985 for it
Current LEGO Project: Acquiring missing Classic Space sets and adding to
my town with older Town sets

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I won a local building contest held by a
really neat toy store.  My victorious
    creation was a 6368 Jet Airliner which I expanded to seat 4
'pilots'.  Also, it was armed to the teeth with
    vairous missles, guns and bombs.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Soccer, Baseball, Computer (see occupation),
Physics and chemistry.  I am
    also a budding race car driver.




From: olsone@interport.net (Erik Olson)
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:38:49 -0400

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Erik G. Olson
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1971  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  reliving 10 which was a Good Lego Year
Location:  Queens, NY
E-mail Address: olsone@interport.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.users.interport.net/~olsone/fortuna.html
Marital Status:  NLSO who is slightly impressed
Children:  none
Occupation:  Risk analyst, computer guy
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurking as far back as 1989
Dark Ages: 1985-1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Lost count. A hundred more lately. 30 old ones.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 to 20. I lost track.
# of LEGO Pieces: I guess 20,000, rising quickly. Going for gobs, or 100,000.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  A fire truck about 1974. 
Favorite Theme(s):  Yellow Castle. How about those brick horses.
Favorite Set(s):  Um, Yellow Castle? Also Coast Guard Station. Nothing too
recent. No wait! My favorite set has to be the 5 piece "Duck" polybag
(yellow 2x2, 2x2 eye, 2x4, red 2x3 plates.) It sits on my monitor at work.
People drop by and build new ducks. It's incredible what you can do with 5
pieces. Make one today!

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  My favoritest one piece is the 1x4x2
grille fence. In blue if possible.
Set/theme you would like to see: More genuine brick castles! Ancient theme!
Current LEGO Project:  Hmm... see fortuna.html above

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not well known, but I put running water
in a house

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  ancient coins, philosophy, computer junk, Macs




From: mwl2@psu.edu
Date: 7 Oct 1998 16:57:48 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Michael Wescott (WES) Loder
Gender: Male
Year of birth: 1945  (yup, old as dirt)
Mental age/Status of Inner Child: Make no claim.
Location: Deer Lake, Pennsylvania USA
E-mail address: mwl2@psu.edu
LEGO/home page URL: none yet.
Marital Status: Yes
Children: Three: Scott, born 1975, Laura, born 1978, Lisa, born 1982.
My daughters were LEGO builders. Both still buy me sets I want--such
good children :-).
Occupation: Academic Librarian
On RTL.ATL Since: At least November 1993 (!)

#of Sets in LEGO Collection: Must be over a thousand by now.
#of Unopened sets in collection: One waiting Christmas (I think).
#of LEGO pieces: Never, never enough, particularly when you start
building Belville scale houses!
#of LEGO fests Attended: None.
#of LEGO theme parks visited: None.

First LEGO set: #110 Basic building set in 1978. Bought for son. Still
have box.
Favorite themes: Trains, some castle series, Belville.
Favorite Sets: Metroliner, Forestmen's Hideout, Pony-Trekking #5854
Favorite Minifig: Dark Forest Maiden.
Set/Theme you would like to see: More lighting possibilities, Medieval
village sets with more females and peasants, Realistic trains with
individual cars and locomotives sold separately, A modular house system
for Belville with fewer blondes. Vehicles for Belville.
Current LEGO project: Finish three-story "Beach house" for my Belville
figures. Figure out a space for Ninja sets. Sigh.

Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: First to wrie up a comprehensive history
of LEGO trains (long outdated). First to write up a history of the
Belville series (endless revisions here).

Other (non-LEGO) interests: Bagpiper, writer, hiker.




From: icbdk@imap1.asu.edu
Date: 8 Oct 1998 21:06:22 GMT
Organization: Arizona State University

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Brian Korn
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: '75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-12 if legoland and 10 - 16 if Technic
Location: Phoenix AZ
E-mail Address: korn@asu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): toasted
Marital Status: not
Children: none that I know of :)
Occupation: telecommunications engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked on and off from about '94

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (have not had a chance to open it yet)
# of LEGO Pieces: >50000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: (That I can remember) 6373 Motorcycle Shop (I want 
another one.)
Favourite Theme(s): TRAINS!!!!
Favourite Set(s): Metroliner looks like the coolest
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 9V Points
Set/theme you would like to see: More train stuff
Current LEGO Project: About to start / plan x-mas train display

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made my own electronic point before reading  
Matthew D. Bates page (it is great!!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Macs, Travel, SciFi, skiing, gambling

<Back to Lerking (at least for now)>




From: gavulab@aol.com (GavulaB)
Date: 10 Oct 1998 18:56:33 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Brian Gavula
Gender:  Male  
Year of Birth: 1974 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I have not given up on childhood just yet.  
Location:  Lakewood, WA
E-mail Address:  gavulab@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None 
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  Just a bunch of toys.
Occupation:  U.S. Army
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Early 1997  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  >175  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  a few
# of LEGO Pieces:  ????
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None

First LEGO Set: A pre-minifig forklift 
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Trains, Castle
Favorite Set(s):  Launch and Load Seaport  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Mary from the "Bill and Mary" Idea Book
Set/theme you would like to see:  a new non-Town Jr. post office, more
restaurants and houses
Sets I'm sick of seeing:  Police and fire stations every 2 years, all Town Jr. 
Current LEGO Project:  Hording sets until I win the lottery and buy a house big
enough to build my town.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Basketball, Baseball, Star Wars




From: jb95bppd@aol.com (Jb95bppd)
Date: 18 Oct 1998 16:37:18 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  John Blasingame
Gender:  Male
Year Of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Inner Child is a very active 12
Location:  St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
E-mail Address:  JB95BPPD@AOL.COM
LEGO/home page URL(s):  I wish - I'm not a techie person
Marital Status:  Happily Married (to a non-Lego person)
Children:  Just me :-)
Occupation:  Civil Servant
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since:  June 1998

# of sets in LEGO Collection:  400+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# LEGO Pieces:  Lots (100,000? or more)
# LEGOfests Attended:  0
# LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  1 (Windsor Sept. 1998)

First LEGO Set:  Mail away promo from Crest toothpaste (I think) in 1968. 
Don't even know what it was.  My Mom got it for me when I was one and I bet
some of the pieces are still here.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle by far, Pirate Ships, Classic Space, Trains are my
new love
Favorite Set(s):  6067 Guarded Inn
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Couldn't even guess
Set/theme you would like to see:  Wanted cowboys for years, but we got them. 
Would like to see Wild West and Trains get together like 3225 but on a grand
scale
Current LEGO Project:  Reworking 4559 into a real passenger train with working
lights in every compartment (four cars so far)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Biggest LEGO collection on my block

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Reading, learning about my new Mac, surfing the
web and seeing what other LEGO builders are up to (that's not really non-LEGO,
though), working on my house




From: gotabadz28@aol.com (GOTaBADz28)
Date: 18 Oct 1998 17:06:00 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  James M. Howell (preferably Jim)
Gender:  Male 
Year Of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location:  Sandusky, OH, USA (Home) Providence, RI, USA (School)
E-mail Address:  GOTaBADz28@AOL.COM
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None, sorry, I hope to in the future
Marital Status:  Happily Single, Cant afford a girlfriend AND lego!
Children:  Myself
Occupation: College Student, Culinary Arts, Johnson & Wales University,
Providence, RI Campus
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since:  Sept 1997

# of sets in LEGO Collection:  300 +
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# LEGO Pieces:  Cant count that high!
# LEGOfests Attended:  None, what are these and where?
# LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  I have no Idea, I have lots of old sets from the mid 80's that
I unfortunately have no instructions or boxes for (thanks Mom!)
Favorite Theme(s):  Race, Town, WW, Exploriens, Astronauts (?), Trains, well
anything Lego I guess!
Favorite Set(s):  6335 Indy transport, and the airplanes and airports from my
childhood that I can no longer build (Thanks again Mom!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Slopes, and dressy minifigs, and the Chef
minifigs, since I am in culinary training!
Set/theme you would like to see: Euro trains, a train with a cow-catcher, an
inverted rollercoaster, and a 747 or bigger plane with at least 4 seats across.
Current LEGO Project:  Inverted rollercoaster, great plan but the track looks
too bulky

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None really, I met the local lego rep the other
day, I was inquiring about a job with lego.

Hopes for the future:  To become the CEC (Certified Executive Chef) at the CT
lego facilities (executive dining, if they have it!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Cooking; Metaphysical Studies; Electronic,Euro
Techno and Industrial Music;  Corvettes;  History;  Architecture;  Titanic; 
Air and sea travel (first class) (not saying I can afford to fly first class!);
 Accounting;  Driving;  Travel (im going to NYC for the first time in a week,
YEAH!!!);  Religion;  basically anything and everything




From: ssphantom4@aol.com (SSPhantom4)
Date: 19 Oct 1998 00:59:58 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Dan 
Gender:  Male
Year Of Birth:  1981
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i have no idea
Location: erie Pa
E-mail Address:SSPhantom4@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): havent had the time yet... someday i hope
Marital Status:  nope just a g/f im only 17
Children:thank goodness i have none of those at my age. but i do consider all
my mini figs as my children
Occupation: school
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: may 97 or something like that i might of posted
before that by more then a year, but thats when i actualy started paying
attention to it

# of sets in LEGO Collection: sadly only about 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  2 and i will lose my will power and end up
opening them soon
# LEGO Pieces: lots.... i dont know
# LEGOfests Attended:  0
# LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :(

First LEGO Set:  i dont know the name but it was the theme before M-tron, a
sauser like craft with these dark blue windows that fold down with one mini
fig.... well i had a car and some blocks before then but that was the set that
hooked me
Favorite Theme(s):  WW, Pirates, adventurers(i guess i just like that time
frame), castle, then the rest
Favorite Set(s):  fort legorado
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): well when i was little i named like 10 of my
mini figs dan, because they were my favorite, and i guess those ones still are
my favorite, they all are blue town race men
Set/theme you would like to see:  more WW and more good castle like nights and
realistic stuff. bring back the ships!
Current LEGO Project:  my armada, sadly it sucks

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  like the only person in my high school who still
has their legos!

-DAN
a.k.a. SSPhantom4@aol.com




From: Adam <abhoward@mediaone.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:56:41 -0500
Organization: MediaOne Express -=- Central Region

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Adam Howard
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location:  Chicago, IL
E-mail Address: abhoward@uop.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Chemical Engineer - Process Controls
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  approx. 2000
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx. 100
# of LEGO Pieces:  Unknown (at least 5000)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set:  Fire Station NO.1 (from late 70s)
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Town
Favorite Set(s):  Yellow Castle, Black Seas Barracuda, Robo Force Sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  yellow arched window frames w/ white
lattice windows, King from early 80's knight's tournament
Set/theme you would like to see: Classic Roman/Greek:  Amphitheater,
temples, baths, villas, Circus Maximus, Aqueducts, Coliseum, etc.
Current LEGO Project:  Castle/Town, two LDraw doors.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My Castle and Tower that can be seen in
the
Hall of Fame on Sean's Member's Only page.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Oh geez... Star Wars (everything), Robert
Jordan's Wheel of Time series, Terry Pratchett's Disc World novels,
Frank
Herbert's Dune series, computer programming, Vampires and Werewolves
(big
Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan), drawing world's, classical thru colonial
architecture (especially castle design), world history, Atlantis:
believer,
enthusiast, dreamer..., legends, time travel, writing, social-economic
analysis, tree filled parks, swimming, jumping waves, walks on the
beach,
inner-tubing, rafting, hiking, miniature boxes (smaller than 1"),
glass-blown art (currently di-chromic is my favorite), crystals/gems
(not
new age- primarily emeralds), miniature castles (David Winters, Liliput
Lane, crystal, pewter, etc.), L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumbly Thompson OZ

books (still missing 25-31), and my Russian Blue (emerald green eyed)
cat
Ema.




From: "Chris Barnes" <cbarnes@nospam.quickcare.com>
Date: 20 Oct 1998 04:13:39 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Chris Barnes
Gender: Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Dallas, Texas
E-mail Address: chris@barnes.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet
Marital Status:  Married
Children: 2
Occupation:  programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  June 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~35
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces: ~20,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  6679 Tow Truck
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  497 Galaxy Explorer, 8844 Helicopter, 8860 Auto Chassis
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  classic space minifigs, classic space
minifig accessories.
Set/theme you would like to see:  more sets like the early 80's
Current LEGO Project:  rebuilding childhood lego collection.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  only kid in my neighborhood with 8860.  No, I
don't have it anymore.  But I am looking to replace it.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  my 2 sons, computing, internet, reading




From: "The Gunslinger" <jguenser@1stop.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:05:52 -0700
Organization: http://www.supernews.com, The World's Usenet: 
  Discussions Start Here

Name:  Alex Guenser
Gender:  Male
Year Of Birth:  1985
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  I am my inner child! and probably nine
yrs. with the mind of a 15 yr old.
Location:  Kirkland, WA, USA
E-mail Address:  ruby_dragon@geocities.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://fly.to/dragoncave
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  I'm one of 'em
Occupation:  Student of Kamiatraz
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since:  Sep 1997?
# of sets in LEGO Collection:  No Clue
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# LEGO Pieces:  No Clue
# LEGOfests Attended:  1
# LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0
First LEGO Set:  A multiple-set of a space, castle, town, plane, and
something else, that or either Recon Robot
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s): Night Lord's Castle (with self-made front yard!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Octan guy with white octan shirs, green
pants, red hat, face w/ eyebrows
Set/theme you would like to see:  Residential buildings (homes, parks, etc.)
Current LEGO Project:  None
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  EarthBound for Super NES, WarCraft II and
StarCraft on Computer




From: Shawn McMurray <smcmurr@micron.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:16:37 -0600
Organization: PCS Edventures

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Shawn McMurray
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Play like I'm still 8
Location:  Boise, Idaho, USA
E-mail Address:smcmurray@micron.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not Yet
Marital Status:  Single (but hunting)
Children:  none
Occupation:  Creativity Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  July 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 just because I haven't had time to
open them yet
# of LEGO Pieces:  10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none unless Lego Camp at Burning Man Counts
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I wish

First LEGO Set:  The Big Red Lego Container I got it when I was 4ish
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic/Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  I mix the parts it's more fun
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Technic Shocks, Pirate Captain With
the Parrot
Set/theme you would like to see: My 6WD independent suspension car with
universal
    joints in between sections of car.  It's big and cool
Current LEGO Project:  Rendering The Globe Theatre, working on Mountain
Bike
    Components

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I teach mechanical engineering and
architecture using
Legos and am a co-author of Weird Richard's Construction Book.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  I'm an outdoorsman to the max.  Racing
Catamarans,
    Ski Patroling(yes I get paid to ski), Rollerblading, 3D Rendering,
Learning.

I know this is a little behind but I just kinda don't like to fill oout
forms, too much other fun stuff to do....

Shawn




From: Shawn McMurray <smcmurr@micron.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:23:05 -0600
Organization: PCS Edventures
From: barbecue@nospam.earthlink.net (BBQ)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:49:07 GMT
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Brian (BBQ) Sauls	
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1969  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Nashville
E-mail Address: barbecue@spamblock.earthlink.net (remove "spamblock"
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  divorced w/ girlfriend
Children:  2
Occupation:  Chef  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  13 with me, who knows at home.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  7, at least until I move
# of LEGO Pieces:  10 gallons
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  485 Firetruck  
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic space, Town
Favorite Set(s):  All of 'em
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Yellow spaceman, for some reason 
Set/theme you would like to see:  
Current LEGO Project:  buy, buy, buy!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  photography,  reading




From: "Keith and Karen Fainges" <sagatech@bigpond.com>
Date: 27 Oct 1998 08:08:59 +1000
Organization: Telstra Big Pond Direct

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Keith Fainges	
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1964  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Between 2 and 16 
Location:  Brisbane, Queensland Australia
E-mail Address: sagatech@bigpond.com.au
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  1 ( And she had Lego from before she was born :) )
Occupation:  Model Maker
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Loads
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 
# of LEGO Pieces: Unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  1970s Tip Truck 
Favorite Theme(s):  Aquanauts, Wild West, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  Anything I can use for gaming
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Shooting Cannons 
Set/theme you would like to see:  Historical Space series
Current LEGO Project:  Rewriting 'The Gunfight at the LG Corral' as 'The
Good,The Bad and the Smiley'
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting people to play with Lego figures at a
Wargames Con   
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Wargaming, scale modelling




From: jhereg9@aol.comCarrion (Jhereg9)
Date: 27 Oct 1998 19:10:16 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Last updated on Dec. 18,

Name:  David Collison
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1970  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Around 15 and doing nicely, thank you.
Lego "Dark Ages":  Most of the 90's
Location:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
E-mail Address: Jhereg9@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Engineering Consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Several (All but two appropriated by 12-year-old
twin sisters)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (like I could resist not building
something...) 
# of LEGO Pieces: Onsite about 300.  (After my sisters discover boys, probably
4 times that.)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  No idea, bought a crate of various mixed sets in the 1970s
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic and soon Mindstorm (as soon as I get my grubby
fingers on one)
Favorite Set(s):  Ditto above.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Castle
Set/theme you would like to see:  No idea.  Out of the loop too long.
Current LEGO Project:  Rebuild my collection.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building a rough robotic arm (sans computer
control) kinda like Armatron for a school project back in the early 80s
(greatest, but not great)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Steven Brust and Anne McCaffrey, Home Improvement
projects, Mid-80's Mustangs, Renaissance Festivals, MERP

Happiness is a dead teckla.




From: The Ghost who Admins <mevans@inficad.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:30:58 -0700
Organization: Professional Computer Geeks Anonymous

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Mike Evans
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  I'm 4 years old.
Location:  Tempe, AZ
E-mail Address: mevans@inficad.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.inficad.com/~mevans
Marital Status:  Single and looking.
Children:  None that I know of *grin*
Occupation:  Professional Computer Geek
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Late 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  2
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Veritable hundreds
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Either 483 Alpha-1 Base or 493 Command Centre.
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  The old Space ones
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Those little flip-flop hinge things
Set/theme you would like to see: Battle/Space Battle Themes
Current LEGO Project: Collecting Technics. Just assembled Mud Masher

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Made a Car out of a collection of Legos
from about 94 sets that withstood me as a child ramming it into the wall
around 20 times and didn't break. Now THAT'S engineering!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Sci-Fi, reading, Coffee,
Football, and Working out.




From: "Michael Peters" <mikep@shlrmoc.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 19:09:33 GMT
Organization: MetroNet Communications Group Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Mike Peters
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Between 12 and 14
Location:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: mikep@gis.shl.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None (and absolultely no chance of any in the future... woohoo!)
Occupation:  Computer prostitute
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  October 26, 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Space scooter.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  Classic space
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Small tools, utensils.  Yellow space guy,
attaching an antenna to the head of minifig (without the helmet on)
Set/theme you would like to see: Mundane office theme (minifigs changing
toner cartridges and clearing paper jams etc.) Club 54 pickup scene,

Current LEGO Project: Desperately seeking Mindstorms!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have almost all of the 1978 - 1983 space
lego, with boxes.  I must have them all!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Dance clubs, techno/industrial music




From: Pete Clarke <ashanti@bestweb.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:57:13 -0500
Organization: BestWeb (bestweb.net)

Name: Peter Clarke
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9
Location: Mt.Vernon NY
E-mail Address:ashanti@bestweb.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  June 98(on net since 1996)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:maybe 20,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Maybe when I actually have some real money:)

First LEGO Set:  Some little classic space recon vehicle from 1985
Favorite Theme(s):  Town,Town and The Shutle stuff. Lego is going down for this
 Town Jr. Crap!!
Favorite Set(s):  Shuttle Transcon 2, Imagine Celebration Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 1 guy.
Set/theme you would like to see:  Some real stuff in Town. No more Police
 Stations/Fire Houses and race tracks, please.
Current LEGO Project: The rebuilding of my town (New Bedford Falls).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: RPGs,Fantasy Sports
Dark Ages: 1987-1997 I went into because there was no space for my
 town, so I had to take it apart. This killed me and I stopped
 buying/building. After seeing some of the great towns out there on
 the web last, I was ready to build again.  Thankfully almost all my
 pieces were still in the storage closet..




From: "Tom G." <tegwilym@wolfenet.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:33:05 -0800
Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C

Name: Tom Gwilym
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Uh.....24.5!
Location:  Seattle
E-mail Address: See message header
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Single ......very single.
Children:  I consider my pet rabbit as my kid.
Occupation:  Computer technician
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  October 30,1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Many
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 -- LEGOLAND IN BILLUND DENMARK!!!!!
Yeah!!!  Been there 2 or 3 times as a kid!

First LEGO Set: One of those boxed of the old fashioned square parts
Favorite Theme(s):   Expert Builder (at least that is what they used to call
them!)
Favorite Set(s):  Classic space
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The little electric motor!
Set/theme you would like to see: Airport!  No, I always built airports when
I was a kid.

Current LEGO Project: Nothing right now.  I have been drooling on the
Mindstorm web site - that has renewed my Lego interest!  Hey, isn't that
Mindstorm thing an Adult toy anyway?  At $200, I expect it to be!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Been to the REAL Legoland in Denmark - I
haven't seen anyone here that has.  Favorite displays there - the Saturn V
rocket and the Lego airport.  Does anyone know if those are still there?  I
assume they have been rebuilt into a space shuttle or something.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, computer games, building computers,
airplanes, teaching people to fly airplanes (flight instructor), surfing the
internet.




From: "Trooper 7031" <twisdom@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 1 Nov 1998 17:57:13 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Name: Trooper 7031 (not my real name)
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1986
Age: Figure it out
Pieces in collection: I dunno, probably like 5,000-10,000 or so
Sets (all opened): About 200
Fav Theme: Probably Star Wars or Rock Raiders (I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
AHHHHHH!!!!)
First Set: Um, probably that old 4.5v Train set. You know, the one with the
kinda classic steam engine?
Ok, so I haven't said much, but that's all the important stuff.




From: xay <xaydemon@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 20:34:50 -0600
Organization: xay corp.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:Dallas N. Hardy
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location:  Osceola,Iowa, USA
E-mail Address: xaydemon@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):(just begining)
http://members.theglobe.com/xay1/default.html
Marital Status:  single
Children:  None
Occupation: inbetween jobs
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  0ct. 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces:  too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: unknown first set i remember super nova 2
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):   blacktron 1
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the black knight, ufo, blacktron 1
Set/theme you would like to see:     Army of Darkness castle theme.
sets:
1)Ash on horse with armor,red cape, chainsaw hand, and metal hand.
2) Ash  with armor,red cape, chainsaw hand, and metal hand in death coaster
car.and skelotons  to run over
3)Evil Ash with armor, sword,crossbow in a grave yard set
4)Arthur and 4 of his army
5)henrey the red and 4 of his army
6)the windmill with afew trees around it with 2 Ash figs one without metal hand
with evil grin
 7)of course arthurs castle  with pit and the bookof the dead and a small army
from all  groups

or living dead theme hehehehehe
Current LEGO Project: making my page
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: horror movies, mp3 files,painting on computer.,
games




From: Max P <max@pomb.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:48:15 -0600
Organization: POMB Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Max Phippeny
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  flips from 40 to 10
Location:  Austin, Texas
E-mail Address: max@pomb.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Attached
Children: only me
Occupation:  Videographer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  9/98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   maybe 20
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:   Why leave a set unopened?
# of LEGO Pieces:  8000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:   0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set: Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space
Favorite Set(s):  497
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Skeletal Space fig in crashed 497
Set/theme you would like to see: U.S.S. Defiant
Current LEGO Project:  Mindstorms everywhere

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Animation, Ancient History




From: esben_kolind@excite.com
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:55:00 PST

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Last updated on Dec. 18, 1996

Name:  Esben Kolind
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1983
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Copenhagen, Denmark
E-mail Address: Esben_Kolind@mailexcite.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.ek.find.dk
Marital Status:  not married
Children:  none
Occupation:  none
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  nov 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  260>
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces:  A lot!
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 2 (Billund & Windsor)

First LEGO Set:  Police car (6623)
Favorite Theme(s):  City, especially train
Favorite Set(s):  trainwagon (4547)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  none
Set/theme you would like to see: Metro-lego?
Current LEGO Project:  Office building

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  %

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Soccer, piano, choir




From: lerchj@uni-duesseldorf.de (J"urgen Lerch)
Date: 1 Dec 1998 19:19:10 GMT
Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: J"urgen Lerch
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13/very active
Location: Ratingen/Germany
E-mail Address: lerchj@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~lerchj/
 (German only, sorry)
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: about 1995, on & off

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 130 [depends on how you count]
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: UNopened sets??? You must be joking!
# of LEGO Pieces: about 17000 (estimated) 
# of LEGOfests Attended: (what's a LEGOfest?)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: #318, Windmill (IIRC)
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle
Favorite Set(s): Time Cruisers (they're SO weird!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the normal 2x4x1 brick
Set/theme you would like to see: the american-only themes in Europe, too
Current LEGO Project: none/a Space-RPG setting

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: building D&D settings with LEGO

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roleplaying, SF/Fantasy (Perry Rhodan!),
 computer (AMIGA), model trains (N)

                     Ad Astra!
                     JuL

-- 
lerchj@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de  /  Never disturb a dragon, for you will
J"urgen ,,JuL'' Lerch         /  be crunchy and taste good with ketchup!
http://sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~lerchj/




From: "optikal" <optikal@fall0ut.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 23:13:21 -0500
Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 60,000+ 
  UNCENSORED Newsgroups.

Name: Jeremy Lane
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1983
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 11 or so
Location:  Delaware, USA
E-mail Address: condor@animorphers.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  single
Children: none
Occupation: High School student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: almost a month

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  HAH! Like I know. a lot though
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: A whole heap of a whole ot of heaps
# of LEGOfests Attended: One, traveling truck in Baltimore
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
>
First LEGO Set:  Can't remember, but it was most likely one of the Futuron
sets
Favorite Theme(s):  I loved Blacktron II and am now a big fan of Ninja. I
also like the older Police sets.
Favorite Set(s):  Too many to say, One of my favorites that I never was able
to get is 6625.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Minifig heads I like: The Unitron guy with
VR glasses, Aquashark guy with hanging brown hair (looks mean)
Set/theme you would like to see: Dinosaurs and Marvel stuff.
LEGO Project:  "Future home"
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hmm... 4 of my transformers were featured on
Lego-Bot Headquarters. www.geocities.com/legobots
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  I am a major fan of Star Wars and Star Trek:
The Next Generation. I also like Beast Wars: Transformers. (the shows
mostly)




From: "Diesel" <diesel24@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:15:23 -0800
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Name:  Jeff Minhas   (Diesel)
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1981
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  17 (normal)
Location:  Orange Co., CA
E-mail Address:   diesel24@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  none
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August '98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 110
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (Are you kidding?)
# of LEGO Pieces: 30,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: None (Whats a LEGO fest???)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None (but I will soon with the new one in
Cali)

First LEGO Set:  Roughly, Space Dart-1 #6824 (one of the oldest I remember
but I have a bunch of old town sets and the King's Castle as well )

Favorite Theme(s):  BLACKTRON 2  !!!!!!!!  (Sweeeeet as they come. Other
faves are Spyrius, Ice Planet, M-Tron, and Space Police II) Castle, Pirates,
and Aquazone look cool but I cant buy them all.

Favorite Set(s):      6988 Alpha Centauri Outpost,     6851 Tri-Wheeled
Tyrax,      6981 Aerial Intruder (I have 2!),    6984     Galactic Mediator,
6973 Deep Freeze Defender,     6989 Mega-Core Magnetizer,       6990 + 6991
look amazing but too expensive online.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):     2x1 rocket brick with two studs on both
long sides and on top, one stud on front side, and extension in back. I put
a 1x1x1 transparent cone on the front and a 1x1 transparent circle on the
back for a missile. I color code them along with the space series and make a
ton of warheads. Space Police 2 and Blacktron 2 mini-figs are great

Set/theme you would like to see:   continuation of futuristic space themes
like the ones from Futuron through Exploriens (M-Tron, Space Police 1 + 2,
Blacktron 1 + 2, Spyrius, Unitron, and Ice Planet 2002), NONE of those
recent space tangents like U.F.O., StarWars, and RoboForce!

Current LEGO Project:      Blacktron 2 / SP 2 / Ice Planet / Spyrius /
Exploriens / M-Tron WARS!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:    No fame, but I built an entire Star Trek
fleet of various ships. I had the U.S.S. Defiant (My best model),
Galaxy-Class U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Intrepid-Class U.S.S. Voyager, Space
Station Deep Space Nine (form not true to actual one), Cardassian
Galor-Class Warship ( #2 ),   2, count em 2 Romulan D'Derix-Class Warbirds,
a Klingon Vor'cha-Class Attack Cruiser, 2 Klingon B'Rel-Class Birds-of-Prey,
and 2 Jem Ha'dar Fighters. I also made a small Star Wars fleet of an X-Wing,
TIE Fighter, TIE Interceptor, TIE Bomber, and Darth Vader's prototype TIE
Advanced

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:    Volleyball, Basketball, weight lifting, C++
Programming, PCs in general, Transformers: Beast Wars, Star Trek, Star Wars,
WWF / WCW wrestling, Rap Music, girlfriend, and partying




From: "Jeremy Dailey" <jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:21:57 -0500
Organization: Northeast Region--MediaOne

Name:  Jeremy Dailey
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  varies from 6 to 18
Location:  Marlborough, MA (26 miles from Boston)
E-mail Address: jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.csh.rit.edu/~dailey  (it's old,
not-LEGOized)
Marital Status:  almost engaged, need to buy my girlfriend the
way-overpriced diamond ring
Children:  not now, maybe when I'm 30
Occupation:  overworked Unix System Administrator for a major defense
contractor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September 1998?  (I lurked for a while)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  currently around 40, plus what I can
reconstruct from my early childhood years...
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  none except for the Christmas presents
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea, somewhere probably near ten thousand
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0  (honeymoon perhaps?)

First LEGO Set:   some DUPLO set in 1978 that my parents bought me, but
really it was the 1983 tri-pack w/#6623, #6624 and #6611 that started it all
off.
Favorite Theme(s):  Town (the real stuff, not Town Jr.), Trains, Divers
Favorite Set(s):  #4558, #4546, #6559, #6606, anything train and
construction related
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  piece - construction worker warning sign,
minifig - train worker (early 90s ones)
Set/theme you would like to see:  the real Town line to come back!, an
updated #6383, more train stuff
Current LEGO Project:  re-assembling my childhood collection, designing a
more modern version of #6383, figuring out how to use LDraw...
Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame:   I owned most of the 1984-1998 US-released
Town sets before adolescence set in.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  hockey (college & professional), rollerblading,
ice skating, football, exploring New England, bicycling

-Jeremy.




From: jwest@frii.com (Jim West)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:48:50 GMT

Name:  Jim West
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Colorado Springs
E-mail Address: RTL@jameswest.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.jameswest.com/lego/
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  3
Occupation:  Senior Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Off and on for the last four years.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: You're kidding, right?
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: None to date.  What's a LEGO fest?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None to date.

First LEGO Set:  I bought a box of pieces (about 800) from a friend
down the street in Fairbanks Alaska for $10.  I was 8.
Favorite Theme(s):  TECHNIC
Favorite Set(s):  TECHNIC RULES!  The control center, and Super Car
are my favorites.  Haven't opened my Mindstorms yet. (Christmas)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Love those gears!
Set/theme you would like to see: X-Files might be cool.
Current LEGO Project:  Off Shore Oil Rig

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:   Motorized Coin Sorter / Piggy Bank

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Family, Pinball (I collect the real
machines), computers, Playstation.




From: o4amuse@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:50:52 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Jim Johnson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12, loves Legos long time
Location:  Northern VA
E-mail Address: o4amuse@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not yet
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation:  Writer/Editor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~300
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None!
# of LEGO Pieces:  20k +
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Coast Guard set from '70s.  Don't know the #.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  Uh...can't think...too...many sets!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Too many to count
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars!
Current LEGO Project:  Sorting right now; future projects on hold...Possibly a

Valley of the Kings tomb, maybe a mini-fig scale pyramid, maybe some SW
stuff...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Won the 1987 Rhode Island/Massachusetts "Biggest
space ship with the most attachments and gizmos possible without falling to
pieces when you pick it up" contest.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Community theater, acting, writing, stage combat
(sword fighting and hand to hand), Star Wars, Star Trek, violin, music
--
It's so wizard!




From: lanning@iei.net
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:47:38 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Brian Lanning
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  Indianapolis, IN
E-mail Address:  lanning@iei.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  in flux
Marital Status:  Marries
Children:  4
Occupation:  some kind of computer consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  about a year and a half

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  > 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: > 50
# of LEGO Pieces:  > 20,000 (3 4'x2'x1' bins, plus unopened)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0 missed billund by 50 miles :-(

First LEGO Set:  The yellow crane with red and blue flatbed truck
Favorite Theme(s):  castle, japanese, town, paradisa, technic, train,
mindstorms, pirate
Favorite Set(s):  supercar, pizza to go, hot rod club, metro station
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  ball and socket technic, flex system, train
windows
Set/theme you would like to see: Japanese ship with oarsmen, more pirates,
star wars, better town, more spare parts packs.
Current LEGO Project:

Model team big rig.  Keeping the dog from eating pieces.  Finding more room
for my legos.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Once took second place in a building contest in
japan.  Lost to a walking boat.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer, cars, kids, cats, dogs, sleep.




From: sj@io.com (Steve Jackson)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:09:11 -0600
Organization: SJ Games

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Steve Jackson 
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1953 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  If you don't grow up by the time
you're 30, you don't have to.
Location:  Austin. TX 
E-mail Address: sj@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.io.com/~sj
Marital Status:  single
Children:  Just me.
Occupation:  Game designer and publisher.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dunno. 1996?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots. 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Several.
# of LEGO Pieces:  Heaven only knows.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Walked past the one in the UK.

First LEGO Set: Given to me by parents many, many years ago. Might have
been the gears, which I still have; might have been something else.
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirate
Favorite Set(s):  Skull's Eye Schooner, Black Seas Barracuda, Imperial
Trading Post
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  It would be hard to say . . . 
Set/theme you would like to see: More Pirates
Current LEGO Project:  The Pirate Game

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Probably running the Pirate Game at conventions
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Games, water gardening, dinosaurs

-- 

Steve Jackson - yes, of SJ Games - yes, we won the Secret Service case
Learn Web or die - http://www.sjgames.com/ - dinosaurs, Lego, Kahlua!
          The heck with PGP keys; finger for Geek Code. Fnord.




Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:46:11 -0500
From: Aasen <Aasen@toast.net>
Reply-To: NoSpam-aasen@toast.net-NoSpam

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Barry Ruffner
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Somewhere between 5 and 12
Location: MI, US
E-mail Address: Aasen@toast.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.truzzi.com/lego/
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Delphi Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct. 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 6
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 that would be too difficult
# of LEGO Pieces: ??
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: A nifty set i found at a garage sale when i was 7 it   
had at least 30 sets in it for about 20$
Favorite Theme(s): Dark Castle
Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Roof Tiles/ George - He Guards the   
castle
Set/theme you would like to see: A Bridge set
Current LEGO Project: a Lego Lift Device to tread legos into a mill
and    separate them into there respective sizes and colors with the RCX

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: RCX Creator a programming tool for   
mindstorms

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, Bladin, Visiting parks,
Disc    Golf, Cross-country driving.

:)
Aasen/Barry R./Me




From: "S.Bonsma" <S.Bonsma@chem.rug.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:51:31 -0800
Organization: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Sybrand Bonsma
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Between 8 and 22
Location: The Netherlands
E-mail Address: S.Bonsma@chem.rug.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s): FABULAND homepage:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/fabu1eng.html
(last word contains one as: fabu-one-eng.html                   

Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1998 I think

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 Fabuland sets, probably about 40 other
LEGO sets
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces: I have no idea, me and my brother have a very large
bag full of LEGO bricks, but how many pieces are in it ??
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund when I was 7 or 8 years old)

First LEGO Set: Probably set 341 Fabuland Cottage
Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland
Favorite Set(s): The Fabuland Hospital, a Town Fire engine from about
1983 (Sorry, don't know the setnumber),6622 Postmen on motorcycle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Fabuland Mouse and the minifigure in
set 6360 (Weekend Cottage)
Set/theme you would like to see: Reoccurence of Fabuland and normal
Town
Current LEGO Project: Collection ALL Fabuland sets (The intention is
present, now waiting for the money to do so :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made a homepage especially for Fabuland

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycling, computer, puzzles

Dark ages: 1990-1996




From: danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Miller)
Date: 16 Dec 1998 01:49:27 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Daniel O. Miller
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My inner child ate my outer adult and
	became my Outer Child.
Location: Purdue U, Idiana, and Phoenix, AZ
E-mail Address: danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): None as yet.  For a while I was thinking of putting
	up a shrine to the Bungee Blaster to get some frames experience.
Marital Status: Single
Children: I just have a roomate.  Does that count?
Occupation: Full time student, soon to be rocket scientist (no kidding!)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I don't even know.  Big ($20+), maybe twenty
	or so.  Little sets and just parts, I couldn't say.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zilch.  Lego sets are to be opened and
	played with, not speculated on.
# of LEGO Pieces: 10,000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: A story here:  When I was 4 or 5, our house burned.  All
	my baby toys melted into colorful blobs.  That night we stayed
	at a motel, and Dad bought my and my little sister a box of
	Duplo blocks.  I sort of remember it was a carton with a spout
	on the side (like instant potatoes).  Anyone know the set number?
Favorite Theme(s): I love Space the best, and I don't think it's
	deteriorated at all.  The Warp Wing Fighter and the Insectoid
	cricket rover are great sets.  I'm also partial to Pirates,
	and given my projected life's work I'm going to have to collect
	all these new launch command sets even if they are a little
	corny.
Favorite Set(s): Tossup.  I love my Black Seas Barracuda, and I have
	the real-looking Town space shuttle (1682), but I also covet
	my sister's M-Tron rover and airport.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I would have to say the Classic Space
	3-way thruster piece.  Not too useful, but awfully cool-lookin'.
Set/theme you would like to see: I'd like to see a "classic" line where
	selected sets are reissued.  Like the ones I missed...
Current LEGO Project: I see a MindStorms in my future, but such plans
	are on hold pending graduation and a steady paycheck.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creator of the Lego Mechwarrior home page. 
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Painting, music composition, writing, model

-- 
Daniel "Dan'l" Miller                Senior, School of Aeronautics and
danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu        Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana
danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu




From: chris@capricorn.bc.ca (Chris Sturges)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:57:29 GMT
Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - 
  Discussions start here!

Name:  Chris Sturges
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13 or so(Active!)
Location:  Vancouver, B.C.
E-mail Address: Chris@Capricorn.bc.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):  under construction
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  Andrew(5) and Richard(3)
Occupation:  Computer Game Developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  55
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  15(until Christmas anyways...)
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~9000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:   Alpha One Rocket Base
Favorite Theme(s):  Early Space
Favorite Set(s):  Beta-1 Command Base, Galaxy Explorer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  simple grey wing(space)
Set/theme you would like to see:  Star wars...
Current LEGO Project:  Identifying and rebuilding a bunch of sets from
a large misc lego box....(Its a treasure hunt!)

Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame:  Beta tested Mindstorms

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  RPGs, Computer Games, SF, Skiing,
		Movie SPFX...




From: Mark Koeberl <icestorm@inwave.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:37:38 -0800

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Mark Koeberl
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9 1/2
Location:  Janesville, WI
E-mail Address: icestorm@inwave.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  na
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  2 nieces, 1 nephew
Occupation: Warehouse worker 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec. 98.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Unknown: Mostly small sets.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2, but I now plan to increase that.
# of LEGO Pieces:  several thousand? 3-12 gallon bins and counting.
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:  (In current era) 6894 Blacktron I (Intended as gift to my
niece, but it seemed to nice, er, too complicated for her. :))
Favorite Theme(s):  Space and Castle
Favorite Set(s):  6894, 6886
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I minifig, easily.
Set/theme you would like to see: Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5
Current LEGO Project:  Rough Man-o-war. Currently has 3 tall masts, 1 short
mast, stern- and forecastle, crew of 49 armed with castle/pirate theme
weapons shields and helmets, 34 prisoners below deck(including 6 Mega Blok
Vikings), with motorized propellors. Thinking of extending it out to over
four feet with 4 large masts. Then, to build a dock. :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  A toy chest from hell for my neices and
nephew. Filling a Rubbermaid chest up to the top with various lego sets(over
100 so far, mostly small). Still filling it. :) The kids complain about not
being able to find a part when it's in a small box in front of them. This
chest could take them months to sort out. It took this for my sister to
finally appreciate my warpped sense of humor.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  None come to mind. :)




From: leggomylego@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:22:17 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Eric Brouwer
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Utica, MI
E-mail Address: ebrouwer@vgreen.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  NA
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  NA
Occupation: Systems Admin
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jul '97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  75-100.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12+
# of LEGO Pieces:  10-15K.
# of LEGOfests Attended:1 (Imagination Tour)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:  Lunar Landing set.  Mostly blue lunar module with a buggy
and maxi-figs.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space and Castle
Favorite Set(s):  Model Team Big Rig
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any classic smiley head.
Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team Architectural Landmark Series
Current LEGO Project:  Sorting out my pieces and getting organized so I can
launch a large project!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Having a fiance who brought me out of my dark
ages with the Hemlock Stronghold for Christmas of '96, and keeps buying them
for me on the holidays!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Star Wars, baby!




From: "Klaas" <crxfreak@euronet.nl>
Date: 23 Dec 1998 18:28:17 GMT
Organization: EuroNet Internet

Name:  Klaas de Wind
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10 (wow, a 10 year old that can handle
Windows NT ;-D )
Location:  Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
E-mail Address: crxfreak@euronet.nl (private) or k.dewind@pers.vhall.nl
(work)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None (yet)
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation: part of the ICT-team at the Van Hall Institute
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  March 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 125, I guess
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  I really have no idea!
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 (Billund)

First LEGO Set:  Pfff. Difficult! I think it was a blue-and-yellow forklift
615 with an "old" minifig (without face).
Favorite Theme(s):  Launch Command, SpacePort, ResQ, Divers, Ninja
Favorite Set(s):  Space Shuttle Launch Pad
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Those Shell-folks with blue pants, white
shirts and red cap from the 70s/80s.
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars, realistic space theme (e.g. MIR
in Lego, minifig scale)
Current LEGO Project:  Putting the sets in a database (Access).

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My face looks like a minifig-face (with
glasses).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, (model-)railroads, Honda CRX, music
(rock and metal), Frisian literature.

GT's, Klaas




From: mikkel.breiler@teliamail.dk.spam (Mikkel Breiler)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 22:50:09 GMT
Organization: Customer at Telia Internet Denmark
Reply-To: nospam

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Mikkel Benedikt Breiler Mikkelsen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:11

Location: Denmark, trying to cram my stuff into my old room at my
parents, ( & hoping to find an apartmrnt of my own once the winter is
over)

E-mail Address:

At work: mikkel.breiler@fujitsu.dk (this one not confirmed, I haven't
started working there yet)
At home: mikkel.breiler@teliamail.dk

LEGO/home page URL(s):

I had on at www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8841 I think it was,
about a danish DiscJockey who died from AIDS in 1990, but GeoCities
erased the html file and only the MP3 sample file was present last I
looked... I have enver wanted to have a Lego page before but I think I
may be getting to the point where I want one. But I want to get a
digital camera first... hehe.
So it is still none at the moment, rather than joining the "under
construction" crowd I wait until I get one with plenty of space
available and I have it all finished and only need updating....

Marital Status: Untested
Children: None that I know of
Occupation: Support specialist for Fujitsu Computer A/S

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1995. Could be september.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10
# of LEGO Pieces: 10000+ (i actually have no idea)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund, I still have the Lego drivers
licence
First LEGO Set: Must have been 6-7 general 2x4, roof and so on sets at
the age of 4.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): #850 (my first Technic set, the yellow forklift),
#8860
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I really like the big wheels of the
#8860.

Set/theme you would like to see: A set with a general purpose home
computer Lego drawing program to make step-by-step pictures from, (aka
manuals).
Current LEGO Project: Lego car-like robots, using Motorola 68hc11 and
Intel 8051 microcomputer to be built into the robot. (Yes I still
haven't finished my old project, due to lack of time - and pieces)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 
1) Making a 4 wheel power version of the #8860 at the age of 12, sad
to say I have no idea today how I did it.
2) Giving Bill Katz a Spaceset he'd never seen or heard of before, now
that is difficult.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Collecting music on Vinyl, Sleeping,
programming computers.

-Mikkel Breiler, Amateur Lego Technic engineer, Vinyl/Intuition, 
LEGO: TC+++(850) PA-- # A@ S- LS>+ Hal M?- YB70m -DL81JUN16




From: Martine Kintziger <martine@no-spam.nedlux.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 10:47:22 -0600
Organization: Nedlux

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Martine Kintziger
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  11
Location:  IA/USA (orig. from Luxembourg/Europe)
E-mail Address: martine@nedlux.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.nedlux.com/lego
Marital Status: getting married soon
Children: none
Occupation:  instructional programs coordinator at university/grad.
student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: indirectly (through fiance) since summer 1997,
directly since November 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~40,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund--15+ years ago)
First LEGO Set:  #363 Hospital
Favorite Theme(s):  Train, Town
Favorite Set(s):  old (and square) town cars, Pizza to Go
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Santa
Set/theme you would like to see: REAL TOWN!!!!
Current LEGO Project: freeing the Lego from Rubbermaid containers and
building our Lego town in our bedroom!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Getting my fiance back into Lego (after
over 10 years) and successfully convincing him that Lego trains are A
LOT more fun than Maerklin trains!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Travel, good food, movies, tennis

--
___________________________________________
remove "no-spam" in e-mail address to reply




From: no@email.ads (Ken Rice)
Date: 3 Jan 1999 15:49:30 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Ken Rice
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1948
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14 
     "I have the heart of a 14 year old boy,
      but I'm not telling you where I got it."
Location:  Arlington, VA
E-mail Address: kennrice@erols.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.erols.com/kennrice
Marital Status:  married
Children:  none
Occupation:  Patent Examiner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Fall 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 589
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: several
# of LEGO Pieces: 128,800
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  #395 Rolls Royce
Favorite Theme(s):  Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  #395 Rolls Royce
Favorite Piece(s):  I like them all.
Favorite Minifigure(s):  Indian Maiden.
Set/theme you would like to see: More train, Model Team
     sets of classic cars, flying boat, train.

Current LEGO Project:  Converting garage from storage space to hobby room.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Donated 89 LEGO sets for Christmas
     gifts to needy children in West Indies through church in 1987.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  N-scale model railroad, computer role
     playing (and other) games, puzzles, Civil War (Navy & railroads
     mostly), history, computers.
=====================================
- 
Ken Rice -=:=- kennrice (AT) erols (DOT) com
http://www.erols.com/kennrice       = Concentration Camp made of LEGO bricks
http://members.tripod.com/~kennrice = Maps of Ultima 7 Parts 1 & 2,
                                    = Prophecy of the Shadow, Savage Empire &
                                    = Crusaders of Dark Savant.
http://members.xoom.com/CWRTDC      = Civil War Round Table of DC




From: Scott Eveland <scott@eveland.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 13:59:44 -0600
Organization: Internet Nebraska

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Scott Eveland
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:11

Location: Hastings, Nebraska, USA

E-mail Address:

At work:
At home: scott@eveland.net

LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.eveland.net

Marital Status: Married
Children: Three young boys
Occupation: Police Officer

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12
# of LEGO Pieces: What do you get if you cross a hippo, elephant, and
rhino....helephino!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: Something with the big articulated people
Favorite Theme(s): Town (non-Jr.)
Favorite Set(s): 588 Police station
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): EMT from #6666

Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town
Current LEGO Project: Thinking I need to organize my Police Lego like
the LCFD of FireMed3@aol.com
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None? (yet?)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: hockey, jet skiing, police patch collecting,
ham radio




From: chuckiem@aol.com (ChuckieM)
Date: 4 Jan 1999 00:12:28 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:Matt Morgan  (Chuckie)
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10.
Location:  So Cal
E-mail Address: Chuckiem@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None 
Marital Status: married
Children: just me
Occupation: General Contractor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  since mid 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   350-450
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 60+
# of LEGO Pieces: 150000~
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I have a primo pass for carlsbad
First LEGO Set:  freestyle set in mid 70's
Favorite Theme(s):Trains, Town, Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  to many to list
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  shooting cannons
Set/theme you would like to see:  Pirates  more freestyle buckets 
Current LEGO Project:  Making armada fleet
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none  
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Making custom  furniture, woodworking




From: Tigger24 <dbahman@989studios.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:11:45 -0800
Organization: Sony Interactive Studios America

Name: Dan Bahman
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Southern Ca.
E-mail Address: dbahman@989studios.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: single
Children: not yet
Occupation: customer rep/student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   0
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 0
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set:  None yet, still looking for the right one to purchase
Favorite Theme(s): Mainly Castle, Pirate, and some Town
Favorite Set(s): Hmmmm. Not sure....
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The Drawbridges and gates on the entrances to
the castles.
Set/theme you would like to see: More Castle....can you tell i'm a castle freak
yet...more of a medival freak :).
Current LEGO Project:
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Variety of Sets and Legos and able to use ones own
imagination to create many types of things.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Video/Computer Games, Collecting
Transformers and Gi Joe figures, going to school and working out and
keeping healthy.




From: "Kirill" <Kirill_Gomelski@email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 21:09:59 -0500

Name: Kirill Gomelsky
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  5 (I think)
Location:  Washington DC, possibly moving to NoCal
E-mail Address: Kirill_Gomelski@msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status: single
Children: one dog
Occupation: Network engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 1998, just back after a 7 month haetas
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces: 10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: hope to go soon
First LEGO Set:  Helicopter in 1981
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Wild West, Trains
Favorite Set(s):  Blacktron Message Base
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Dinamite sticks in Wild West
Set/theme you would like to see:  Star Trek
Current LEGO Project:  Trying some wacky things with Mindstorms and VB
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Car Racing, skiing, computers, photography




Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 01:20:24 -0600
From: John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net>

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: John Neal
Gender: M
Year of Birth: '60
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11/ all systems are within
normal parameters
Location: MPLS area
E-mail Address: johnneal@uswest.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: M
Children: 2, ages 9 & 11
Occupation: graphic design & screen printer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1-99
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ? >200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4
# of LEGO Pieces: never counted
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: legoland, Mall of America style
First LEGO Set: something from the mid 60's
Favorite Theme(s): TRAINS*TRAINS*TRAINS, model team
Favorite Set(s): latest gallery post from PNWLTC
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): lego borg guy, chuppacabra (bat)
Set/theme you would like to see: a series of diesel/steam engines
Current LEGO Project: large scale diesel locomotive
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ground floor legomaniac
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: cartooning, dinos, star trek,




From: "xadrian" <brollman@daqcom.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 14:28:43 -0600
Organization: NeoSoft, Inc.  

Name: Ben Rollman
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 6-30-73
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14/subdued
Location: Houston, TX
E-mail Adress:  brollman@daqcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet
Marital Status: happily
Children: none
Occupation: news reader, analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov. of '98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~45
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: that's a joke, right?
# of LEGO Pieces: ~7,500
# of LEGOfests Attended: nada, zip, zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: ditto
First LEGO Set: Cosmic Cruiser
Favorite Theme(s): Futron
Favorite Set(s): Stardefender "200"
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2x2 x4 arch
Set/theme you would like to see:  WWII Vehicles
Current LEGO Project: Dusting
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built starships from Buck Rogers, Battlestar
galactica, Last Starfighter and some Tron things.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Hockey, Star Wars, Swing Dancing and Music,
comic book art.

Ben Rollman
brollman@daqcom.com
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/6454/index.html

"Good against remotes is one thing.  Good against a living, that's something
else." -Han Solo




From: pete storonskij <ps65637@navix.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:06:00 -0600
Organization: Helioforge Creations

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Pete W Storonskij (of Helioforge Creations)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10ish
Location: Lincoln, Ne.
E-mail Address: ps65637@navix.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.geocities.com/area51/stargate/1267/mylego.html
Children: ZERO (YAY!!!)
Occupation: Artist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 1998 (also a couple months in 1994 :)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ZERO (YAY!!!)
# of LEGO Pieces: probably 8,500 more or less
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0, when are they?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, if Mall of America counts???
First LEGO Set: something from 1974, (I think) :) :D
Favorite Theme(s): SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Favorite Set(s): Explorien Starship (I have 2 :)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Spaceport Astronauts :)
Set/theme you would like to see: Something of mine!
Current LEGO Project: Finished the Probot, making a BIG radar dish...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my website (YAY!!!)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycling, Snow sculpting, art in general,
anything sci-fi, building and designing sci-fi things :) :D




From: "Richard Mackin" <richard@rpmsoftware.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:28:26 -0000
Organization: Customer of Planet Online

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Richard Mackin
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 9
Location: Darlington, UK
E-mail Address: richard-at-rpmsoftware-dot-freeserve-dot-co-dot-uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): None (yet)

Children: none
Occupation: Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: About two weeks ago
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 55
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 (estimate)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0, when are they?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 6801
Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, Star Wars
Favorite Set(s): Space Police Patrol starfighter
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron mark-I
Set/theme you would like to see: Millenium Falcon or Imperial Star Destroyer
Current LEGO Projects: Town, Dreadnaught spaceship (of my own design)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Own Basic set 20 (VERY old) - got it for free!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sci-fi models, Star Wars, writing fiction




From: Robert Wallace <robertw@netcom9.netcom.com>
Organization: ICGNetcom
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 05:19:07 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Robert Wallace
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1953
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15  (Inside him is a 2-year old)
Location: Garland, TX
E-mail Address: robertw@netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None (yet)
Children: none; one cat (down from 9)
Occupation: Software Engineer and all-around code-hacker
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Oct 98.  On USENET since 84 -- remember
 UUCP?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 71 and more on the way (bulk basic not counted)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 small sets held for parts
# of LEGO Pieces: 30,000 (estimate)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: just bricks many years ago; reentered with Mindstorms
Favorite Theme(s): Tech Build, Model Team
Favorite Set(s): currently 8462 Tow Truck, soon 8880 Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any pneumatics; RCX; waiting for Darth
Set/theme you would like to see: a roller-coaster would be neat
Current LEGO Projects: autoloading pneumatic throwbot-disc launching RCX robot
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: sold my pickup to buy more Lego (and a Miata)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: there's something else?




From: harryboyle@aol.com (HarryBoyle)
Date: 17 Jan 1999 16:09:22 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: David Goldstein
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1981
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Altoona, PA
E-mail Address: harryboyle@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None 
Children: None, plus a cat and rat.
Occupation: Professional Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Well, I've been here since Jan '98, but I haven't
posted a RTL Roll Call yet
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0.  Sorry, I use 'em, Some I wish I hadn't
opened!
# of LEGO Pieces: 35,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: If one ever comes to PA, I"ll be there.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: 6366 Fire & Rescue Squad..Canadian nevertheless
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West, Train
Favorite Set(s): 6394 Metro Park/Service Tower, 7824 Train Station
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Action Set Snow Guys
Set/theme you would like to see: How about a Lego Bar, or Apartment Building? 
Where do they live?  Their cars?  Under the monorail?
Current LEGO Projects: Reassembling my past lego town
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bought the entire Action Set line (8620, 8640,
8660) from S@H in 1992 for half off!  
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Saxomophone, Trombone.  Yes, I am a band geek.




From: peter@table76.demon.co.uk (Peter Murray)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:49:59 +0000
Organization: Improving?

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Peter Murray
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12?
Location: Crawley, England
E-mail Address: peter@table76.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.table76.demon.co.uk/Peter.jpg
   I don't really have a Lego home page, but that image has been Lego-ised!
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: None at present
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: autumn 1993
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: lots (more than the last "lots"!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: lots more
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (shocking, isn't it?)
First LEGO Set: don't know
Favorite Theme(s): I don't think I've got a favourite.
Favorite Set(s): I don't keep most assembled for very long, but I've bought
   three of 5918 because I like the car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars... oh :-) .
Current LEGO Project: Collect it all together from the different bags and
   containers it's in, and find out what I've got.
Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame: None :-(




From: "Robert Fay" <rfay@we.mediaone.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:58:17 -0800
Organization: MediaOne Express, Western Region

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name: Robert Fay
Gender:M
Year of Birth: 1938
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
E-mail Address:rfay@we.mediaone.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
Marital Status: S
Children: 1 grand nephew with 25 sets
Occupation:  Retired
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:Mindstorms
Favorite Theme(s):Technic cars
Favorite Set(s): MindStorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Yellow Beams
Set/theme you would like to see: Longer axels
Current LEGO Project: Gantry Mill

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Numerically Controled Machinery

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Electrical, electronics, computers,

--
Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/




From: jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper Janssen)
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:39:47 GMT
Organization: Casema Internet

Name:  Jasper Janssen
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Utrecht, The Netherlands
E-mail Address: jasper@janssen.dynip.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None (yet)
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation: None.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  december 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 40, I think.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 (of 2140, currently)
# of LEGO Pieces: Let's see...must be on the order of between 1 and
10K.
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 (Billund)

First LEGO Set:  No idea... But my 375 Yellow Castle was one of the
first.
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic/Mindstorms, all the way! :)
Favorite Set(s):  8880 Supercar
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm, hard to say.. All of them!
Especially the Technic ones, of course :)
Set/theme you would like to see: Cheap Basic building sets for
technic. More gears!
Current LEGO Project:  A Robot. It kind of follows naturally :)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Being first to find the directory with
high quality photos of Starwars sets on the lego website.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Physics, a little MtG, and
some others.

Jasper




From: tseng@math.psu.edu (Zachary S Tseng)
Date: 25 Jan 1999 23:00:55 GMT
Organization: NONE Whatsoever

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Zachary Tseng  
Gender:  M  
Year of Birth:  1968  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 12  
Location:  State College, PA, USA  
E-mail Address:  tseng@math.psu.edu 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  (homepage, no LEGO) http://www.math.psu.edu/tseng/ 
Marital Status:  Unattached  
Children:  None  
Occupation:  Teach engineering math for Penn State, part-time graduate student
in computer engineering  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Feb. 1993 (A.T.L) 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  over 600  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 100
# of LEGO Pieces:  Countless  
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  #565 Moon Landing 
LEGO Dark Age: about 1984 to early 1993
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  #6057 Sea Serpent
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates, Castle, Wild West 
Favorite Set(s):  #6277 Imperial Trading Post 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The (original) Forestwoman, Dragons, 
removable minifigure armors  
Set/theme you would like to see: Greek/Roman theme, griffins and unicorns: vampire minifig; Inca/Aztec theme (foil for the Imperial Armada/Spanish Conquistadors) 

Current LEGO Project:  Assemble my Imperial Guards regiment (yes, I really do
mean a regiment; I only have about somewhat over 500 guards so far... a long 
way to go yet, especailly now that pirates theme is gone), an Imperial port 
city with all trimmings.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Being the keeper of this roll call form.  Also, I
was one of the voters who originally voted for the creation of this newsgroup.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computer games; History (military history in
particular); Geography; Doctor Who; RPGs (AD&D, Mechwarrior, etc.); Parallel
computing; Watch TV/Sports. 




From: "Michael Christie" <Michael_Christie@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:53:08 -0800

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Michael Christie
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
Location:  South San Francisco
E-mail Address: Michael_Christie@email.msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  non yet
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None
Occupation:  Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  500+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12
# of LEGO Pieces:  100,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 918 Space Transport
LEGO Dark Age: 1983 - 1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6020 Magic Shop (gift from wife)
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  5571
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project:  Large town to occupy entire attic of 75' long house.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  spent $10,000+ in 2 months on Lego

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Martial arts




From: slink@netins.net (slink)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:21:24 GMT
Organization: netINS, Inc.

Name:  Sandra Linkletter
Gender:  female
Year of Birth:  1953
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  ageless/just humming along, thank
you kindly  :)
Location:  Iowa, USA
E-mail Address: slink@netins.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.netin.net/showcase/slink/index.htm 
Marital Status:  married
Children:  two dogs and two cats
Occupation:  Technical Consultant (self-employed)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Nov 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (a Technic Giant Model set bought
on sale)
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 53,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: tiny set bought from Sears Roebuck & Co in mid 60's
LEGO Dark Age: from about age 14 to Nov 1998.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Mindstorms
Favorite Theme(s):  Outback, Diver, and Res-Q for the quality of their
vehicles.  Ninja and Bat Lord for the romance, and also the horses and
dragons.  Playing with Technic is like rebuilding bicycles (an
ex-hobby of mine) but with no grease under your fingernails.  :)
Favorite Set(s):  I have 4 Flying Ninja Fortresses, that one gave me a
thrill every time I opened one and started taking out the pieces.  I
have 3 Mindstorms and 3 Giant Model sets, those two have so many neat
mechanical parts in them not to mention three robot brains.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  universal joint, rack and pinion
steering parts, dragons, orange dragon wings, flames, low slope roof
bricks in non-red colors, women with cleavages, men who don't look
like they are on meth - I particularly like the Spaceport rocket
scientist (I like all the geeky ones but him best) and the amiable one
with the scruffy red beard and mustache who shows up in some other
sets.
Set/theme you would like to see: less action toys (CyberSlam and
Throw-Up-Bots <error intentional>), less toys for 4-year-olds in sets
marked 7-12, something other than race cars in Technic.  Actually, if
you look over the years the themes/sets have just been retreads of one
another.  I could live with that if the trend towards simplification
was reversed.  Vehicles with working doors and hinged roofs are neat.
More availability of new colors of bricks (tan and brown, for
instance). My only wish for something completely new is for some
scenery components, like mountain building blocks.  Right now building
a mountain-side from BUMPs means bidding for parts stripped from other
sets and they are very expensive in quantities useful for real
landscaping.  I expect the Train enthusiasts would like that, too.
Imagine Duplo or Primo sized bricks in gray, tan and brown with the
ability to attach normal Lego to the surface, all for a reasonable
price of course.  Failing that, gray and green in reasonable
quantities for a reasonable price, ie by the hundreds rather than 62
at a time.
Current LEGO Project:  Slink's Plastic Universe, see website.  It's
the illustrated history of an entire planet, which I fear won't fit in
my house but I'm going to try my best.  The robotic project is on the
back-burner and it will stay that way until I get this out of my
system, or at least until I get all my ordered supplies in-house and
am unable to build anything more for lack of room.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Either fastest growth of set collection
or happiest male minifig population, depending upon whom you ask.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers for work, computers for play,
eating, sleeping, rolling in the hay, admiring the sunset, drinking
good California red wine or good single highland malt whiskey,
listening to music, taking long hot baths, contemplating the universe
(not all of these can be combined but many can)

--
Sandra -> http://www.netins.net/showcase/slink/
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From: mah4546@aol.com (MAH4546)
Date: 26 Jan 1999 00:30:08 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Mark Herzberg
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 
Location:  Miami Beach, FL, USA
E-mail Address: mah4546@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  .members.aol.com/mah4546/indexlego.html
Marital Status:  married
Children:  two(nine and twelve)
Occupation: own automtoive parts company  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December '97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 250 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: two 
# of LEGO Pieces:  50,000-60,000(?)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Windsor(this past summer), and going to
Billund(April '99) and California(July '99)

First LEGO Set: ???
LEGO Dark Age: I never had a true dark age. Between 1979 and 1993 I bought
less LEGO sets. but still continued looking through catalouges, etc.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6399 Airport Shuttle was what got me back
into LEGO on a greater scale.
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Train
Favorite Set(s):  6394, Metro Park & Service Tower; 3309, Grandstand
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: The 2x2x5 thing(like in 4555, 3313)
Minifgure: Guy with red truck on shirt  
Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town 
Current LEGO Project:  Finishing Legoredo, the second theme park of the Fun
World Resort, and working on the third theme parl, ADventure Island. As well as
adding new attractions to Fun World Adventure Park and prepapring for the "One
Year Anniversary Celebration".

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hosted LEGOChoice '98(and coming June 5,
LEGOChoice '99) 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: cars, Disney and Seagram(Universal)  theme parks 


Mark in Miami. mah4546@aol.com
URL: http://members.aol.com/mah4546/index.html

It puts the sport in sport utility vehcile. X5 from BMW.
Late '98 in the US. Early '99 in Europe. Mid-'99 in UK.




From: Barry Mc Farland <mcfarlandcj@home.com>
Organization: @Home Network
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:49:55 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Barry McFarland
Gender:  XY
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8-13
Location:  About 40 miles north of Legoland CA, :)
E-mail Address: mcfarlandcj@home.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Lego nuetral spouse
Children:  Parker 7, Nicholas 5, Christopher 3
Occupation:  Emergency Response Consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  fall 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 15
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 34,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Soon to be one in March

First LEGO Set: Velvetta Cheese promo sets about 1969
LEGO Dark Age: 1976-1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Really ended with 6544 Shuttle
Transon 2, My sons ended it for me, Thanks guys!
Favorite Theme(s):  Model Team, Pre-97 Town, Launch Command, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  5571, 6339, 6484
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1x1 w/ side stud, 6x16 plate
Set/theme you would like to see: Octan oil production series (offshore
oil rig, tank ship, drill pad, pipeline repair crew, etc.)
Current LEGO Project:  5571 trailer, western town

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Going to preview at Legoland California
March 14

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  huh?




From: "Terry Mason" <terrym@wantree.com.au>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:10:14 +0800
Organization: Wantree Development

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Terry Mason
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  61
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  6
Location:  Perth, Western Australia
E-mail Address: terrym@wantree.com.au; terry.mason@satcom.com.au;
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.wantree.com.au/~terrym
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  2 (1 boy 2.5 1 Girl 7.5)
Occupation:  Programmer / Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Aug 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  229
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5
# of LEGO Pieces: 28252
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 8 yrs old - Unknown set with large blue and yellow cogs
LEGO Dark Age: 12 - 35
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Sail n Fly Marina
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains, Town & Wild West
Favorite Set(s):  Bar Code Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  all
Set/theme you would like to see: More classic town sets
Current LEGO Project:  re-organise lego room after moving house

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none as yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Indoor Cricket, Computer Programming, MyFamily




From: "john battcock" <johnbat@istar.ca>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:29:29 -0400

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: John Battcock
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 to 18
Location:  Dartmouth, NS
E-mail Address: johnbat@istar.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Yes
Children:  2, G:8, B:4
Occupation: Accountant for Brick Manufacturer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  March 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30-40
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I still can't believe people don't open
their sets
# of LEGO Pieces:  10000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: only when I go shopping
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 1964 all I remember is red & white rectangular pieces and
that was it, my brother and I were into GI Joe, Toy Cars
LEGO Dark Age: 1970 - 1990,Glimpse of light, 1991-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  3 Adventurer Sets
Favorite Theme(s):  Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  5909 (the plane is now a Tri-wing)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Slopes all colors sizes, Mummy
Set/theme you would like to see: An old style train to go with Advent.
Current LEGO Project:  Big Yellow pyramid. Figuring out ways to sneak Lego
into the house.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  First to get Toucan Sam Instructions. I know
it's not much but I already left enough spaces blank!!!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Listening to Blues, Cooking, Crosswords,
Scrabble.




From: Sean McInnis <argus@netcom.ca>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:34:33 -0500
Organization: Netcom Canada

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Sean McInnis
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  09/21/72
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Toronto Ontario
E-mail Address: argus@netcom.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): Non yet, but soon
Marital Status: Married to a growing LEGO addict
Children: On the way
Occupation: Electronic Technologist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 23/11/98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 66
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 11067
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: First memorable 497 Galaxy Explorer
LEGO Dark Age: 1989-1997
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Eagle Stunt Flyer
Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Space
Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Baricuda
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Wings,
Set/theme you would like to see: Space that getsit roots from the
classic space
Current LEGO Project: modify 4995

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

--
Irid Ghibht Agus an Righ
Through the grace of God and the King




From: "Ben Dolle" <rattraptm@yahoo.com>
Date: 26 Jan 1999 03:50:07 GMT
Organization: Home Copy

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Benjamin Dolle
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1977 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 
Location:  Washington State University, Pullman, WA
E-mail Address: deadpool1@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  (no LEGO, yet...:) http://www.wsu.edu/~deadpool
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 13, 1999 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  54
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:none (I play with all of 'em :)
# of LEGO Pieces:  a lot :)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, but only until March :)

First LEGO Set: don't know, but I'm pretty sure it was a car (vroom, vroom
:)
LEGO Dark Age: 1991-1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: a police motorcycle, I believe...  
Favorite Theme(s):  Ninja, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Samurai Swordsman, Ninja Flying Fortress, Throwbots 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The shark from the ocean sets, the
dragons, and all the little ninjas...
Set/theme you would like to see: Transformers/Robotech/Superheroes (how
cool would a Batcave or Fortress of Solitude playset be? :)
Current LEGO Project: finding a Torch throwbot set, and a 4' tall Death
Star to menace my forthcoming lego Star Wars rebels :) 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Built a dollhouse for my little sister that
opend up on hinges to play with the inside areas.  
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Video games (mostly Playstation RPGS) comics,
writing, drawing, reading, school, and music.




From: "mlki" <mlki@accessv.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 04:22:24 GMT
Organization: Shaw FiberLink Ltd. Toronto

Name:  Kevin Cheng
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Underestimated
Location:  Toronto
E-mail Address: mlki@accessv.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  still in construction
Marital Status:  single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Advertising student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+-
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15
# of LEGO Pieces:  100,000+-
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: some Fabuland set of a dog, lion and fox
LEGO Dark Age: 1985-1988, 1992-1997
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  4559
Favorite Theme(s): town, divers
Favorite Set(s):  most of the TOWN sets, but not town jr.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifig w/ Shell logo and minifig
                                                       w/truck on torso
Set/theme you would like to see: OLD Town and Train sets that I
                                                         missed
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to increase my Legocity population to
                                         1500 (currently at 150)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  refound the joy of playing w/ Lego
                                                         (old Lego)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  net surfing, karaoke, McToys/M&M
                                                   collecting, sports...




From: tezza@edison.dialix.com.au (Terry Walters)
Organization: DIALix Internet Services
Date: 26 Jan 99 09:51:10 GMT

Name:  Terry Walters
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  November, 1971. 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  still feel like 14.
Location:  Melbourne, Australia
E-mail Address: tezza@edison.dialix.oz.au
LEGO/home page URL(s):  I wish... when I learn to program HTML.
Marital Status:  GF since June, 1997
Children:  No!
Occupation:  Maths Teacher (Secondary School).
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  July, 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200 - 300 ... ???
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 80% of them.  I was like that as a kid,
saved all sorts of things for no reason.
# of LEGO Pieces: Thousands and thousands, I suppose.
# of LEGOfests Attended: Went to the old Lego displays in Myer.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None.

First LEGO Set: 6801 Rocket Sled.
LEGO Dark Age: 15 - 25.  I did buy things now and then.  Mainly 'figs for
game useage.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6105, 6036, 1712 all are castle.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Pirate, Space.
Favorite Set(s):  6103 Castle minifigs.  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Soldier figs from pirates.  Swords,
shields, wands, Majisto, Forestmen, bow n arrows, etc...  
Set/theme you would like to see: REAL LEGO CHESS.  Maybe some life like
lighthouses.

Current LEGO Project:  I am slowly building up Lego army units.  One day I
will write my own rules and battle away happy ever after.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I sold a 6807 space set.  I've sold plenty
of other sets too, each time my armies grow with the funds.  There has to
be some free traders around, right?  Providing a service in some way or
another.  
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Visiting all the lighthouses we can
(currently only 17, but we are working on it), UFO's, StarWars, XFiles,
Maths, Casino games, if it sounds interesting try it... you can't really
lose in the long run.




From: timcc@geocities.com (Tim Culberson)
Date: 26 Jan 1999 13:13:28 GMT
Organization: Moldy Oldies

Name: Tim Culberson  
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1981 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  0
Location:  NB Canada
E-mail Address: timcc@geocities.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/eureka/office/1848/index.html 
Marital Status:  Looking...
Children:  0
Occupation: Student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Uhm?   '96? '97?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25-45
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  couple 1000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Unknown
LEGO Dark Age: no true dark age
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  not applicable
Favorite Theme(s):  TOWN
Favorite Set(s):  Rocky River Retreat
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Those wild west handguns, the brown brooms, 
etc.
Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town
Current LEGO Project:  Playing 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  n/a

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Model Railroading, farting around.




From: teyyareci@my-dejanews.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:35:43 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Selçuk GÖRE
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  It depends
Location:  Istanbul, Turkey
E-mail Address:  sgore@superonline.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not yet
Marital Status:  Just married
Children:  none
Occupation:  Production Chief
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  156
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 11 (they haven't arrived yet)
# of LEGO Pieces:  24859 (+ the set on the mail)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none

First LEGO Set:  033 (universal building set from 1968, owned in 1976)  LEGO
Dark Age:  1984-1997  First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Dig N'Dump
(promotion from a newspaper)  Favorite Theme(s):  Model Team, Technic, Town
(+ other themes compatible with town, both in time and scale)  Favorite
Set(s):  5571, 8880, 8479,2148	Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Babe with
pink flower paterned vest from 1761  Set/theme you would like to see:
Visually elegant technic sets and detailed town sets (both as in 80's)
Current LEGO Project:  scanning, scanning, scanning, scan...  Greatest Claim
to LEGO Fame: I built 8860 at the first attempt, without using instructions,
and after a 14 year long dark age.  Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My wife
Sema, outdoor sports (camping, trekking, etc.), aircrafts, computers (games
and the net)..uhm..some other not interesting things, too.




From: jeffj@schultz.io.com (Sakura)
Date: 26 Jan 1999 21:12:36 GMT
Organization: Illuminati Online

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:                               Jeff Johnston
Gender:                             Yes.  Er, I mean, Male.     
Year of Birth:                      1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:   Young/Alive and well
Location:                           Boston, MA
E-mail Address:                     jeffj@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):              none...yet.
Marital Status:                     Living in SIN!
Children:                           None
Occupation:                         Programming (Continuing Engineering)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:             1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:       50+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:   ~10
# of LEGO Pieces:                   er...lots.
# of LEGOfests Attended:            none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:      none

First LEGO Set:                     Can't recall.  The first one I
                                     /remember/ was either the Classic
                                     Castle or the Galaxy Explorer.
LEGO Dark Age:                      1981ish-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Ninja Surprise & Samurai Stronghold
Favorite Theme(s):                  Castle! Esp. Wolfpack.
Favorite Set(s):                    Stone Tower Bridge
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):    
Set/theme you would like to see:    LEGO Arabian Nights
Current LEGO Project:               Beginning  a series of Shakespeare
                                     productions conducted entirely by
                                     LEGO.  First up: Hamlet.

                                     Also: obtain enough parts to show the
                                     world that there are still new things 
                                     to be done with Castle!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:        None, yet. 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:         Books, RPGs, shaolin kempo karate,
                                     my girlfriend, occasionally the SCA
                                     (not necessarily in that order)
-- 
Hostes aliengeni me abduxerent.              Jeff Johnston - jeffj@io.com
Qui annus est?                                   http://www.io.com/~jeffj




From: "Adrian Egli" <EgliEngineering@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 27 Jan 1999 02:31:45 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Adrian Egli
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Somewhere between 12 and 16
Location:  San Diego, CA
E-mail Address:  EgliEngineering@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not yet finshed but will be completed within the
next month or two and it will be about Lego trains.
Marital Status:  still single
Children:  none
Occupation:  career student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Again, God only knows
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ZERO, I've opened every set I've ever
bought or recieved and enjoyed doing so!!!!
# of LEGO Pieces:  at last count, 66,842 interlocking pieces
# of LEGOfests Attended:  two
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  one, Billund, 1994, soon to be two

First LEGO Set:  too young to recall
LEGO Dark Age:  NEVER HAD ONE.  I could not stop building because I had too
many ideas floating in my head and when I recieved the newest catalog and
saw the sets I just said those magic words "I GOTTA HAVE IT!!"
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Does not apply
Favorite Theme(s):  Model Team, Technic, Train
Favorite Set(s):  5571, 8880, 8868, 4565, 4558, 3225
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the brick separator(saves my nails)
Set/theme you would like to see: A series of supercars based upon actual
cars, not just one single supercar for the next four or five years.

Current LEGO Project:  Working on a bridge for my trains that I plan to post
photos of on my site soon.(shoot'n for March)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Wrote a lot of letters to Susan Williams and
saw many my suggestions carried out.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  photography, bike ride, reading, music.




From: Yifun Liang <yifun@muds.net>
Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:16:13 GMT
Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - 
  Discussions start here!

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Yifun Liang
Gender: F
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 
Location: San Jose, CA 
E-mail Address: yifun@muds.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet... working on it. 
Marital Status: Single 
Children: myself 
Occupation: support engr 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: First in Jun 1992, back since Dec 1997 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: didn't count 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~20
# of LEGO Pieces: 54,980 plus some loose pieces
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: not yet. waiting for March 14

First LEGO Set: some basic with big people and lots of clear bricks
LEGO Dark Age: 1983-1988, 1993-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 1. twin winged spoiler (6828), 2. mindstorms
Favorite Theme(s): castle, old space (88-93)
Favorite Set(s): stone tower bridge (6089)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): classic smiley, bird, 1x1 and 1x2 bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: more castle...
Current LEGO Project:  
inventory pieces, building a town for the mud I am trying to write (and of 
course, if I spent so much time on Lego, I won't be writing one).

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
none so far

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
computers, hiking, archaeology.... 




From: Mark Benz <mbenz@us.oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:11:59 -0500
Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Mark Benz
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies
Location: Fremont, CA
E-mail Address: mbenz@us.oracle.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None, behind Co. firewall
Marital Status: Married
Children: Ross, 8 and Sister yet to be named, -2 months
Occupation: Manager, E-Commerce Strategy
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1997, though seems longer…

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~350
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~20
# of LEGO Pieces:   >40,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1, Associated with 25th Anniversary tour in SF, 1998
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 2, Billund DK, 1994, Windsor UK, 1998, and
likely again in 1999. Hopefully Carlsbad also in 1999.

First LEGO Set: Some Basic Set, in the mid-late 60’s
LEGO Dark Age: ~1978-1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: New: 6286 or 6340. Used: 6048,6076 (garage
sale)
Favorite Theme(s): My son’s efforts,  Blacktron & Space Police 1, Castle,
Pirates, any boat, also non-cop or race Town, Trains
Favorite Set(s) (That we own):   951, 955, 956, 1682, 5591, 6085+6059, 6276,
6274, 6350, 6397, 6483, 6543, 6886, 6895, 6987
Favorite Set(s) (That we don't own):  6080, Large Pirate Ships, Any Seaport.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set #1 Gears, Halberd, Technic Beams, "crater"
landing plate.
WRT minifigs: "Back when I was a boy, we didn’t have them things…" ;-)
Set/theme you would like to see: Famous International
Buildings/Landmarks: White House, Eiffel Tower (good luck), Great
Wall, a Pagoda, Maya Pyramid, Cut-away Egyptian Pyramid, Parthenon,
Big Ben, Neushwanstein (sp), etc. More ancient history: Egyptians,
Greeks, Romans (Build an Aquaduct!) etc.
Current LEGO Project:  Clean up to have room for new baby, baby-proof house.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still have all original bricks etc. from
my childhood, but no boxes :-( My brother and I used to build forts of
red slopes and 2x4s on our 2-50x50 gray plates, and attack each other
using tanks built on large red wheels with grey tires. Long 1x N
bricks were rare, and "miniwheels" were new.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My family, water and snow skiing, home improvement
(not really an interest, a necessity).




From: "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mentorg.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:46:17 -0500
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Mike Walsh
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Varies
Location:  Just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina
E-mail Address: mike_walsh@mentorg.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh
Marital Status:  Married 10+ years
Children:  2 - Travis (age 4), Sophia (age 2)
Occupation:  Applications Engineering Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  About 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 10
# of LEGO Pieces:  No idea, not as many as a lot of RTL people!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: Some sort of Universal Building Set circa 1969 or 1970
LEGO Dark Age: 1976-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  A visit to the Orlando LIC brought me
back
around along with my son's interest in LEGO.  A 5571 for myself really got
me back.
Favorite Theme(s):  Model Team, Town
Favorite Set(s):  5571, 6554, 6335, 5661 (which I want)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Piece:  1xN plates  Minifig:  Santa
Set/theme you would like to see: NASCAR themed race sets
Current LEGO Project:  LEGO Raceway Park - a group of racing related
vehicles
and buildings and a Town Car Wash using the brushes from the Street Sweeper
(6499).

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None and doubt that I'll ever have one.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My family, NASCAR, my 1967 MGB, NCAA hoops




Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 01:20:12 +1000
From: Mark Harrison <harro1@one.net.au>

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Mark Harrison		
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 38 (I feel like a father figure to all you kids)
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 
E-mail Address: harro1@one.net.au or harro@powerup.com.au 
LEGO/home page URL(s): when i get a roundtuit
Marital Status: married
Children: two
Occupation: Analyst/Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Mid 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 500+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 70+
# of LEGO Pieces: lost count
# of LEGOfests Attended: no such thing in OZ
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: same again

First LEGO Set: 8857
LEGO Dark Age: not applicable, no interest in Lego prior to 1996.   
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: pass
Favorite Theme(s): Train, Town (prior to 1996), Boats, Technic, Model Team
Favorite Set(s): 7727, 7730, 7740, 7745, 7750,
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): macaroni 1/4 circle (this week)

Set/theme you would like to see: Roman Empire, The Steam Age,
                      Stationery working engines.
Current LEGO Project: Building double level 9V train layout using 
                      monorail stands,
                      Completing collection of Model Team Sets,
                      Building a 396 Thatcher Perkins Engine from spare parts 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Accummulated 17x4551 Crocodile Engines (sold now)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, landscaping, house design, sci-fi, 
                            politics, mainframe programming, travel.




From: lawperry@aol.compickles (LAWPerry)
Date: 29 Jan 1999 22:16:01 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Laura Wilson-Perry
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Oh, about 12...
Location: Mid-South US
E-mail Address: LAWPerry@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet!
Marital Status: married
Children: does my husband count?
Occupation: historian
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: precisely 2
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: precisely 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 140
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: 5928 Bi-Wing Baron (COOL airplane....)
LEGO Dark Age: 1968 to Christmas 1998....
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Bi-Wing Baron
Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers (DUH!). Also like Pirates and Castle.
Favorite Set(s): Anything Adventurers that is on sale (why pay that outrageous 
     retail price for so few pieces....????)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Well, I only have two, but I like them
both....
Set/theme you would like to see: I'm still new at this... give me a roll call
or two..
Current LEGO Project: Acquiring Adventurers
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My slow learning curve discovering legos...
Other (Non-LEGO): History, writing, researching...




From: Don Herko
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:50:04 -0500

Name:  Don Herko
Gender:  Male
Birth:  1967
Age:  31" and proud to be a grown up maniac"
Location:  North Carolina
Herkod@rotc1hp.bragg.army.mil
Home page:  No home page yet
Married
Four kids
In the army

111 sets
all opened 
17,000 + pieces
never been to lego-fest but interested
Have been to Legoland Denmark "Mecca"

First Set:  Do not remember first set as a child
Theme(s):  Castle (include Ninja, Indians and Islanders)sets... dabble 
in pirates and space 
Favorite sets:   are Black Falcon Fortress and Guarded Inn "do not have 
them yet, but have many pictures and want -um"
Favorite pieces:  Castle minifigs 
Would like to see a castle sub-theme on Vikings  then  Barbarians 
....Also want TLG to offer all sets to the USA and re-offer the retired 
castle theme sets

Current Project:  Increasing my castle world 450+ minifigs 100+ horses 
43 buildings and structures 20 ships boats and rafts divided into 13 
tiny kingdoms with islanders and Native Americans as well.

Claim to Lego Fame:  Dragged my two buddies from the bars and girls of 
Copenhagen and took them to Legoland at four o'clock in the morning 
many years ago.  We had a great time, but the whole way up their they 
reminded me of the original Vacation movie with Wally World being 
closed.




From: sparre@meyer.fys.ku.dk (Jacob Sparre Andersen)
Date: 1 Feb 1999 15:06:31 GMT
Organization: UNI-C

Name:                             Jacob Sparre Andersen
Gender:                           M
Year of Birth:                    1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Who knows
Location:                         Copenhagen, DK
E-mail Address:                   Jacob.Sparre.Andersen@risoe.dk
LEGO/home page URL(s):            http://hugin.risoe.dk/LEGO/
                                  http://hugin.risoe.dk/Jacob/
Marital Status:                   Free
Children:                         Only me
Occupation:                       Experimental physicist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:           1994(?)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 or 6
# of LEGO Pieces:                 many
# of LEGOfests Attended:          none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:    Billund

First LEGO Set:                    The red technic tractor from 1978 is the
                                   first one I can remember.
LEGO Dark Age:                     N/A
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A
Favorite Theme(s):                 Technic
Favorite Set(s):                   Super Car (8880) and the Yacht Club (6543)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   2x4 (3001)
Set/theme you would like to see:   Wind People/Thunder People
Current LEGO Project:              LDraw II, building instructions en masse.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My cable stayed bridge?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Physics, comics, books (a lot science fiction),
                            languages, and programming.

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From: kyle390828@aol.com (Kyle390828)
Date: 2 Feb 1999 02:31:40 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Chris Spencer
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1882
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  16
Location:  Delaware
E-mail Address:  Kyle390828@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.aol.com/kyle390828/index.htm
Marital Status:  None so far.
Children:  Look above.
Occupation:  Student.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Rougly 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  5
# of LEGO Pieces:  20000 and growing...
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None yet.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  Same as above.

First LEGO Set:  6847 Space Dozer
LEGO Dark Age:  What's a lego dark age?
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  See above.
Favorite Theme(s):  Space.
Favorite Set(s):  To many to count.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  The large silver swords....and lamp posts.
Set/theme you would like to see:  2001
Current LEGO Project:  "Journey Under the Mountain"

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The Lego Gif Terminal (TLGT).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Drawing, computer-generated graphics, chess,
anime, animation, and biking.




From: Frank.Lehmann@t-online.de (Frank)
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:50:31 GMT

Name:  Frank Lehmann
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  varies from 8 to 18
Location:  Germany
E-mail Address: Frank.Lehmann@t-online.de
LEGO/home page URL:
http://home.t-online.de/home/frank.lehmann/legolink.htm
Marital Status: married
Children:  2
Occupation:  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  currently around 35,
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  5
# of LEGO Pieces:  somewhere probably near 12.000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  1 (Legoland Sierksdorf,Germany in the
70th)

First LEGO Set: a 4,5Volt train 
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic and train
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  RCX
Set/theme you would like to see:  remote controll level crossing.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  family, rollerblading, F1

-Jeremy.




From: HENDO <valyance@concentric.net>
Date: 03 Feb 1999 00:03:35 PST
Organization: Concentric Internet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:					John P. "HENDO" Henderson
Gender:					Male
Year of Birth:				1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	12
Location:				Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA
E-mail Address:				valyance@concentric.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):		http://www.concentric.net/~valyance/leg.htm
Marital Status:				Engaged (living with NLSO)
Children:				none
Occupation:				Logistical Engineering Specialist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:			1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:		400+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	16
# of LEGO Pieces:			40,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:		none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:		none

First LEGO Set:				722 Universal Set
LEGO Dark Age:				A Bit Stagnant 1995-1998, but never
					went totally dark
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:	n/a
Favorite Theme(s):			Town (including Trains and Boats)
Favorite Set(s):			6932 Stardefender "200";  6542 Launch
					and Load Seaport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):	Mini-Figs;  And the endangered mini-fig
car-door piece.
Set/theme you would like to see:	Real Town, Castle Villagers
Current LEGO Project: Ongoing Project of using my LEGO Town as a
					representation of Valyance (my
					fictional world).  Also,
					Fixing my attic and basement
					to accommodate the display.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Aside from the tattoo of the Wolfpack
					coat-of-arms, I built a model
					of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
					that won me an A- in high
					school English (I did not
					built it for the class)...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer and Board Strategy Games,
					Table-top and Live Role
					Playing Games, celebrating my
					Scottish heritage, and as
					always, writing my future
					novels, screenplays, and
					game-systems based on the
					Valyance world.

  And one more thing...

My LEGO Geek Code:
CA[cr,fm,bk,wp+++]+++(6066) TO[cl+++jr?!?]+++(6542)
SP[cl,bt1,fu,sp,mt+++]++(6932) #+++++ S LS- Hal A+ LM- YB72m




From: "Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMOVEebox.tninet.se>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:04:02 +0100
Organization: Telenordia

Name:  Anders Isaksson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1954
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  26
Location:  Eskilstuna, Sweden
E-mail Address: isaksson.etuna@ebox.tninet.se
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Marital Status:  Married

### Update
Children:  3 (My daughter Jenny was born 1999-01-29)
###

Occupation:  Systems programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996 (I think)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  1 (8880 Super Car)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~1200
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 - Billund, Denmark

First LEGO Set: Probably some plain brick set (around 1960)
LEGO Dark Age: 1970 - 1990 (When the kids started to build)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8880 Super Car
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8880 Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  no special favourite
Set/theme you would like to see: Universal Technic
Current LEGO Project:  Cybermaster (it's not mine, it's the kids)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  BlockCAD drawing program

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My kids, wife, books, computers etc.

--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD:  http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery:   http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm




From: jsproat@geocities.com
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:38:05 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Jeremy H. Sproat

Gender:  Male

Year of Birth:  1972

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  7, going on 19

Location:  Orem, Utah

E-mail Address:  jsproat@geocities.com

LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/lego.html

Marital Status:  Newlywed for nearly 2 years and counting

Children:  3 cats and that's enough for now

Occupation:  Student, Software Engineer, Pizza Drone

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  off and on since, oh say, Tuesday

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  149

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  ha ha ha ha yeah right!

# of LEGO Pieces:  24,761, give or take twenty-four thousand

# of LEGOfests Attended:  none

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none

First LEGO Set:  Big cardboard box of Freestyle-style bricks when I was 3 my
Grandpa got from Deseret Industries (Salvation Army-alike)

LEGO Dark Age:  ca. 1986 or 1987, when my Mom gave away all our Lego sets to
relatives

First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6581 Dig N' Dump

Favorite Theme(s):  Technic Blacktron I or any combination that results in a
techno-opressive future

Favorite Set(s):  You know that Classic Space set that is on the Legomaniac's
WebRing logo?  I had that set.  They could never improve on that set.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I guys in their faceless
evil-black military suits

Set/theme you would like to see: We have Mindstorms and Lego RC Cars and Scala
-- what else can anyone want?  Less Scala?

Current LEGO Project:  Microfig-scale weapons of mediocre destruction,
kilofig-scale nanotech devices

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My themed site, In the Service of Her Majesty's
Secret Death Squad, won the Cool Lego Site of the Week award #83 (April 19-25,
1998) and it's still getting to my head...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  my wife, B5, cats, origami, Daria, PalmPilot,
guitar songwriting and balladeering, RPG miniatures painting, "unencumbered"
AD&D (early 2nd edition, w/o miniatures, ironically enough) and other RPGs

--
If this is paradise, I think I need a lawnmower.
jsproat@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/




From: Kaleb <Moscow7@aol.com>
Organization: ?
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 21:15:23 -0800

Name: Kaleb
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1988
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: California
E-mail Address: Moscow7@aol.com
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Kid
On R.T.L. Since: 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:109
# of Unopened LEGO Sets in Collection: 8
# of LEGO Pieces: 15-20,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO set: 6835
LEGO Dark Age: 1988-1993
First LEGO Set after the Dark Age: 6835
Favorite Themes: Launch Command, Space Port, well most of it except 6456
mission control
Favorite Sets: 6339,1682,6544,6457,6458,8480,565,6516,5313
Favorite Piece/Minifigures: The bay door pieces on
6544,astronauts,astronaut assistants,scientists,anything with a classic
smiley face.
Set/themes you would like to see: Minifig scale space shuttle launch
pad,detailed Apollo theme,Star Trek theme.
Current Lego Project: Space Control Center:

Greatest Claim to LEGO FAME: 1682 shuttle launch pad

Other Interests: Astronomy,science,Space travel,books.




From: "Robert G. Carney" <CarneyCastle@email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 00:42:15 -0600

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Bob Carney
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1943
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies
Location: Decatur, Illinois
E-mail Address: CarneyCastle@msn.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Can only refer you to Anne Sullivan's
http://www.end.com/~jynx/castle/ so far
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3 (grown and flown)
Occupation: Dermatologist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Today
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 500?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: ~100,000? (I stopped counting 20 years ago)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: Lego Building Toy Sets No. 1 thru 6 from Kraft-Lego Special
Offer.  Set No. 2 containied 141 pieces and cost $2.00 plus 1 Velveeta End
Flap.  I don't recall the year (mid- to late-1960s?).  Ah, for the good old
days.  My second oldest brochure is also undated, touting sets #001 to
799 -- unpriced but available from "LEGO Building Toy, a Quality Product of
Samsonite Corporation. Denver, Colorado."  No mention of Ole Kirk or Denmark
anywhere.
LEGO Dark Age: None.  But I was born again in 1986 with the coming of the
#6074 Black Falcon's Fortress.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Noted above -- I eventually bought 22 of
set #6074.  Wish I had more.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle.  Also Adventurers, Trains.
Favorite Set(s): Anything with gray bricks.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 3x3x6 gray wall corner.  Need 'em for drum
towers.
Set/theme you would like to see: I'd like to see Castels make a come-back,
and I can't wait for Star Wars.
Current LEGO Project: Working on my web site, with Anne Sullivan's help.
You can visit her at http://www.7thsign.com/~jynx/.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My castles are getting bigger, better and more
accurate all the time.
Other (Non-LEGO): Golf, gardening, travel.




From: "Mark Haye" <haye (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:17:26 -0700
Organization: IBM ADSM Server Development

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Mark Haye
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10
Location:  Tucson, AZ  USA
E-mail Address:  haye (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://mbr-hobby.neotown.com/markhaye/legostuff.html
Marital Status:  S
Children:  0
Occupation:  Nerd (programmer, software engineer, ... whatever)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  mostly lurking since late 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  only ~25 actual "sets," but many
                                             service packs and bulk parts
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0 ... what would be the point?  ;-)
# of LEGO Pieces:  25k ???
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  first memorable set: #310 (motorized trucks)
LEGO Dark Age:  '74-'84 and '86-'96
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8855 (Prop Plane),
                                                     8235 (Front-end loader)
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic ... are there other themes?  ;-)
Favorite Set(s):  old: 310, recent:  Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  motors
Set/theme you would like to see:  more (larger) Technic gears
Current LEGO Project:  trying to make something useful out of Throwbots
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  my nephew thinks I'm a LEGO god ... ;-)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  building stuff in general:  woodworking, home
                                             improvement, programming, ...

--
Mark Haye
IBM ADSM Server Development ... Tucson, AZ
haye (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com




From: Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.unreal.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 22:34:21 +0000

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Tony Priestman 
Gender:  M  
Year of Birth:  1963  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 11  
Location:  Sandbach, Cheshire, UK  
E-mail Address:  tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk 
LEGO/home page URL(s):  haven't got that far in the manual
Marital Status:  unaccounted for  
Children:  None  
Occupation:  programmer/analyst  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurked since end nov. 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  don't know: guess at 200+  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 100+ (lego fever... must... stop...
buying...)
# of LEGO Pieces:  very many 
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  some basic set round about 1967-8 probably 
LEGO Dark Age: about 1983 to 1995
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8868 Airtech Claw Rig
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic (not tek-neek!), castle, pirate 
Favorite Set(s):  6280 Armada Flagship (for the colours), 8480 Space
Shuttle, 8422 Circuit Shock Racer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Um, I'll have to think about that...
Set/theme you would like to see:  Technic Space in *non-yukky* colours

Current LEGO Project:  Box opening :)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Well, I *thought* I had a lot of Lego
until I found you people!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Photography, hill walking, retail therapy,
garden design/build, castles




From: "Robin W." <robstorm@gte.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:16:30 -0500
Organization: gte.net

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Robin Werner
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Clearwater, Florida, USA
E-mail Address: robstorm@gte.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.xoom.com/robstorm/index.htm
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Mech. Design - CAD (Pro/E)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  700?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15
# of LEGO Pieces:  100000? (no idea)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set:  180 Battery Train (1972)
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains, MindStorms, Town, Space and Castle
Favorite Set(s):  4558 Metro Liner, 9719 MindStorms Set, 6390 Main Street,
924 Galaxy Explorer,
8860 Auto Chassis, 6392 Airport, 6392 Airport Shuttle, 180 Battery Train,
6990 FUTURON Monorial,
7735 12v Train Set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  9V track, train doors n' windows, Gray
Road Plates, RCX
Set/theme you would like to see: StarTrek / Back to Classic Town, Space and
Castle.
Current LEGO Project:  The next train show layout.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Large train show displays

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Offroad Bicycling, NFL and Arena Football,
Web Page Design and Computer Games.




From: rubis@home.com (Randy)
Organization: WEB PAGE http://www.look-inc.com/rrubis/randy1.htm
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:56:33 GMT

Name:Randy Rubis	  
Gender:Male  
Year of Birth:061254  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:7  
Location:St. Clair Shores, MI, USA  
E-mail Address:rubis@home.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):TBA http://www.look-inc.com/rrubis/randy1.htm 
Marital Status:D  
Children:0  
Occupation:RF Engineer for Large Cellular Telcom, Astronomer  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1998  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:10  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:1
# of LEGO Pieces:>2000  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1

First LEGO Set:Mindstorms RIS  
Favorite Theme(s):Technics  
Favorite Set(s):Space Shuttle  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Technic Dewds  
Set/theme you would like to see:Robot Warriors RIS version 
Current LEGO Project:Mindstorms IR robot camera vechile  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Tried to purchase Mindstorms RIS on
Christmas Eve  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Trains  




From: Terry Anschutz II <tanschut@carroll1.cc.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:07:26 -0600

Name: Terry Anschutz II
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 050877
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Waukesha, WI, USA
E-mail Address: balthazar_blue@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.cc.edu/~tanschut/
Marital Status: never been married
Children: 0
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Not sure, thanks to a house fire
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: Your guess is as good as mine
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Some old space set from 1984.
Favorite Theme(s): The old Blacktron sets.
Favorite Set(s): 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 
Set/theme you would like to see: 
Current LEGO Project: Mindstorms

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Talked a professor into getting two credits
for working with the Mindstorms set.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roleplaying games.

Balthazar the Blue




From: edboxer@aol.com (Ed Boxer)
Date: 18 Feb 1999 00:15:19 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Ed "Boxer" Jones
Gender: Male 
Year of Birth:  2/1/54
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Staten Island, NY
E-mail Address:  edboxer@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.geocities.com/~edboxer/lego.html
www.geocities.com/~edboxer/legosets.html
www.geocities.com/~edboxer/lego2.html
www.geocities.com/~edboxer/castle.html
www.geocities.com/~edboxer/crown.html
www.geocities.com/~edboxer/downtown.html
www.geocities.com/~edboxer/enfield.html

Marital Status:  domestic partnership
Children:  no thanks
Occupation:  HR Training and Development
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1994?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  350
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  55,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Blue Bucket
Favorite Theme(s):  Freestyle, Castle, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s):  Guarded Inn, Skeleton Surprise, Basic 425
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1x2 - 4x4 hinged brick
Set/theme you would like to see: return to 1980's town
Current LEGO Project:  design of Metropolitan Opera House

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Ed Boxer's Lego Castle:  The First "Cool LEGO
Site of the Week;  featured in the November/December 1996 Mania Magazine; 
featured in the LEGO Creator Activity Book

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Boxing, Opera, Drum Corps, Architecture, Key West

Ed "Boxer" Jones

Check out my home page: http://www.GeoCities.com/~edboxer
A Guide to Opera on CD; Boxing; my Lego creations; Drum and Bugle Corps; Key
West




From: Adrian Drake <tremor@apk.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:42:22 -0500
Organization: APK Net

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Adrian Drake
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  Cleveland, OH
E-mail Address: tremor@apk.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://junior.apk.net/~tremor/
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None
Occupation:  Mechanical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  January 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  225
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~40000
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Does the Imagination Center at
Walt Disney World count?

First LEGO Set:  6970 Beta-1 Command Base (1980)

Favorite Theme(s):  Trains, Technic, Ninja, Classic Space, Model Team

Favorite Set(s):  6950 Mobile Rocket Transport, 5580 Highway Rig, 8480 
Space Shuttle, 8865 Test Car, 8855 Prop Plane, 2150 Train Station

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Skeletons, Wizards 

Set/theme you would like to see:  Return to Classic Space

Current LEGO Project:  Amusement Park Rides

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I don't have one

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wishing for a Dodge Durango, racquetball,
bowling, video games




From: Joe Greene <Joe_Greene@opendisc.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:03:36 -0700
Organization: OpenDisc Systems, Inc.
From: Joe Greene <jgreene@nyx.net>

Name:Joe Greene
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 72
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12 and kicking!
Location: Lafayette CO
E-mail Address:wolfie_@mail.geocities.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5765
Marital Status: Married NLSO
Children: Number 2 + Myself
Occupation: Computer Specialist.. LINUX Junkie
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 2/96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:~100
# of LEGO Pieces:???
# of LEGOfests Attended:1

First LEGO Set: Like I remember
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX! Throwbots Ball and socket parts
Current LEGO Project: AI Robot with independant pneumatic pump powering
a pneumatic claw

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Walking 2 legged robot with pneumatic
arms/claws

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Computers, UNIX, My Kids, Final Fantasy VII,
Gran Turismo

LEGO: TC,MOC+++ #+>+++ S+++ LS+>++ Hri A>+ M>+ YB72m
--
Technical Support requests should be sent to support@opendisc.com
Joe Greene
Technical Support
OpenDisc Systems, Inc.
Boulder, Colorado, 80301-2442 USA
Joe_Greene@OpenDisc.Com




From: Chuck Salmon <salmon1720@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:08:06 -0800

Name:  Steve DeCraemer
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  69
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  Las Vegas
E-mail Address: salmon1720@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Domestic partner, you figure it out.
Children:  just myself
Occupation:  showroom usher for Vegas show
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  hardly any complete sets, tons of pieces
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 to many
# of LEGO Pieces:  over 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Califironia

First LEGO Set:  space set from around 1977
Favorite Theme(s):  castle from late 80's - early 90's
Favorite Set(s):  don't really have a favorite set. I'm into pieces.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1x5x4 half arches, adventurer's mummy
& skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see: roman empire or atlantas
Current LEGO Project:  Cathedral that covers 10 48x48 base plates

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My cathedral which still isn't finished.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Who has time for anything but lego?




From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com>
Organization: Time Warner
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:22:32 GMT

Name: Greg Majewski
Gender: Male
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location- Columbus, OH, USA
E-mail Address: citrusx__@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888
Martial Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: 8,000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:

First LEGO Set: RSQ911 Blaze Battler
LEGO Dark Age: None
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic
Favorite Set(s): 6931 FX Star Patrol, 6932 Star Defender 200, SPII Rebel
Hunter (Don't know set # off the top of my head.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything transparent, 1x1x1 finned
engines, Black & Red Futuron Minifigs
Set/theme you would like to see: A futuristic town, a Model Team or Technic
Space model
Current LEGO Project: Doing Microfig versions of Space sets (I only have
the SPI Galactic Peace Keeper done as of now.)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The most annoying/flamed person on RTL :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Karate, Art, Computer stuff, making
fun of old movies Mystery Science Theater-Style




From: "Rob Doucette" <rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net>
Date: 9 Mar 1999 04:09:03 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Rob Doucette
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  York, Pennsylvania
E-mail Address:  rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  In development
Marital Status:  Happily Married Since 1995
Children:  1.21  (1 on order)
Occupation:  Mechancial Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan-99

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  10
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  19
# of LEGO Pieces:  Lots
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Basic Building Blocks in the Early '70s
LEGO Dark Age:  ~1980-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  1967 Bonus Pack & 1720 Cactus Canyon
Favorite Theme(s):  Adventurers & Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  All that is technic
Set/theme you would like to see:  Adventurers in the Arctic, Adventurers
Train (like the classic)
Current LEGO Project:  Building an Adventurers Empire Connected by Rail

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I still have the minifigs whose legs don't
move from the '70s
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My Son, Jimmy Buffett, Disney Vacation Club,
New Product Development




From: ghaberbe@mc.xerox.com
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:52:15 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  George Haberberger
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12/well
Location:  Rochester, New York
E-mail Address:  George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  no lego yet, but other stuff,
http://www.frontiernet.net/~ghaberbe/george3.htm
Marital Status: married,
Children:  1, Allison
Occupation: software hotline
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurking since January 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  30+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  3
# of LEGO Pieces:  1 5 gallon bucket full in joint custody, plus about 1000+
others.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set: early building set in white/red, with grey tires.
LEGO Dark Age:  1981-1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6625 Speed Trackers/6854 Alien fossilizer
Favorite Theme(s): Probably Pirates or Castles, if I had any.
Favorite Set(s): toss up between Apollo lander (565) and classic train (from
mid 70's, without magnetic couplers).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Today it's the Outback Airstrip, tomorrow ?
Set/theme you would like to see: Red Mars/Mars Colonization, 2001: Space
Odyssey, sailboats,

Current LEGO Project: sneaking work collection home so Allison and I can play
with it, without alerting Mary to how much I've bought.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  family, Grateful Dead, Linux, home brewing




From: "tidykat" <tidykat@prodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:08:40 -0500
Organization: Prodigy Services Corp
Reply-To: "tidykat" <tidykat@writeme.com>

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Pamela Hunt
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Gee, I never thought about that.
Location:  Minot, ND
E-mail Address: tidykat@writeme.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): my kids have me working on that
Marital Status:  Married to a Lego maniac
Children:  2 male Lego maniacs (4 and 5 yrs old)
Occupations: Wife and Mom (the two best jobs in the world!)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  About 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  That would be Lego blasphemy!
# of LEGO Pieces:  I haven't been bored enough to count them all. Maybe
                                  when the kids start college...
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Imagination Celebration Freestyle set
LEGO Dark Age: The first 31 years of my life
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Imagination Celebration Freestyle set.
                                                              My favorite
Christmas present last year.
Favorite Theme(s):  Town (not the new Town stuff, though. It even bores my
                                   kids.)
Favorite Set(s):  #1880 Basic 5+, it has instructions for a really cute
                            house.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  yellow smiley faces
Set/theme you would like to see: Bring back sets that you actually have to
                                                        build.
Current LEGO Project:  Picking up and sorting Legos.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Able to walk through a dark house at night
                                                         and not step on
any!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Cooking, cleaning, etc.




From: "Doug Watson" <doug@watsonfamily.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:12:31 -0500
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Doug Watson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1986
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location:  Rochester, Michigan
E-mail Address: exarkun@theouterrim.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: a week ago...

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I don't keep track, I only play with them...
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces:  A LOT
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None(unfortunatly)

First LEGO Set: A pirate ship
LEGO Dark Age: Never...
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Always get legos for B-Day and X-mas
Favorite Theme(s): Ninja, Space, Star Wars,
Favorite Set(s):  Launch Pad, din't know the name...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Ninjas
Set/theme you would like to see: Olympics and snowboarding(winter sports)
Current LEGO Project: Might start a Ninja Dojo....

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I  dunno

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Pokémon, Star Wars CCG,

From  Doug




From: privatewar@aol.com (PrivateWar)
Date: 1 Mar 1999 22:41:07 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Steve Pleasants
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  9
Location:  Virginia
E-mail Address:sdp@cstone.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.aol.com/privatewar
Marital Status:  single
Children:  just me
Occupation:  computer analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  weeks

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  15
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:  250
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0

First LEGO Set:fabuland circa 1973
LEGO Dark Age:1985 to 1992
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Sub-Orbital Commander
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space
Favorite Set(s):  Classic Space sets before 1000
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Pre-movable arms mini-figs
Set/theme you would like to see: COPS
Current LEGO Project:  Death Star II

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Got 4 2x4 plates stuck in left nostril at age 9

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, guitar, rubiks cube




From: dmusetti@aol.comrokenbok (DMusetti)
Date: 1 Mar 1999 23:26:21 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Mark Musetti

Gender:  male

Year of Birth:  1974

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 14

Location:  Columbus, Ohio (Originally from Long Island)

E-mail Address:  dmusetti@aol.com

LEGO/home page URL(s):  not yet, but some friends on the newly forming
             Columbus group may help me with that.

Marital Status:  married 2 years

Children:  None (or else then they'd get to play with my legos)

Occupation:  graduate student (pharmaceutics)

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec. 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  150

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  if i didn't want to open up sets I'd collect
      barbie dolls and precious moments.

# of LEGO Pieces:  about 40,000

# of LEGOfests Attended:  none yet.. someone take me!!

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  nope just a lame exhibit at FAO Schwartz NYC

First LEGO Set:  fire truck from a happy meal at McDonalds 12 years ago.

Favorite Theme(s):  Town junkie all the way..particularly into high
rise/metropolis
                 construction.

Favorite Set(s):  airport shuttle (just got it via trade for xmas) and a couple
of
          buildings i've created myself.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  would love to see blonde female minifigs.
        Also like 45 degree slopes bricks in black/red.

Set/theme you would like to see: Metropolis sets... i have built several good  

            prototypes... would like to see the old 7-12 basic building sets
back.

Current LEGO Project:  tore down my 120 sq. ft. city and brought it to ohio in
     hopes of reconstructing a high-rise 200 sq. ft. metropolisduring the next
year.

I am also re-starting a Columbus, Ohio lego group along with about 6 others..
**Any central Ohioans that i haven't written please respond if interested**
Meetings to be scheduled saturday afternoons starting this or next week
(1/8/99)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  My skyscrapers.... will have 8 or 9 in my new
city 
including a 10 story mall with indoor monorail entrance on the 2nd floor
crossing
a street.  Already 3 completed.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  bowling, snowstorm and hurricane tracking, italian
    cooking and big-brother mentoring..

HAPPY BUILDING!!!  Mark 

mark musetti:     dmusetti@aol.com (disregard rokenbok spam block)

Look for my ultimate metropolis on my web page coming 
this spring to a computer near you!!




From: "DJA" <dastolfo@NOSPAMglobalserve.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 21:24:31 -0500
Organization: Globalserve Communications Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Dave Astolfo
Gender:  M
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  16
Location:  Burlington ON
E-mail Address:  dastolfo@globalserve.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.globalserve.net/~dastolfo
Marital Status:  soon
Children:  none
Occupation:  Systems Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Aug 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  20
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 - curiosity gets the better of me
always..
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~ 15000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Tractor
LEGO Dark Age: from 13 till 26
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Lego Submarine
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  gears
Set/theme you would like to see:  Have it - Robotics
Current LEGO Project:  Barcode Multiset combined with Mindstorms

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Sigma Communications (Lego Communications
company ants to use some of my pics for their website.  Will know for sure
in April 99

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Mountain Biking




From: stacia@io.com.guacamole (The Avocado Avenger)
Date: 2 Mar 1999 02:47:12 GMT
Organization: Illuminati Online

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Stacia
Gender:  female
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15  
Location:  Manhattan, KS
E-mail Address: stacia@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.io.com/~stacia/  (no lego on the page
yet)
Marital Status: yes  
Children:  no
Occupation:  educator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 1999  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  25
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: space shuttle in a McDonald's Happy Meal
LEGO Dark Age: until about 18, then 21-26
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Samurai warrior minifig
Favorite Theme(s):  castle
Favorite Set(s):  Black Monarch's, Sea Serpent
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  maiden in Forestmen's crossing
Set/theme you would like to see: Barbie.  Just kidding.
Current LEGO Project:  sorting, sorting, sorting

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I gotta Forestmen's Crossing and Black
Monarch's castle

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: usenet, music, old movies  

   Stacia  *  The Avocado Avenger  *  Life is a tale told by an idiot;
     http://www.io.com/~stacia/    *      Full of sound and fury,
   Remove the guacamole to reply!  *        Signifying nothing.




From: Adam Yulish <bwappo@ee.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:06:01 -0500
Organization: eNET Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Adam Yulish
Gender: male
Year of Birth: '74
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Columbus, OH
E-mail Address: bwappo@ee.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.ee.net/~bwappo/lego
Marital Status: none
Children: none
Occupation: Computer Doctor/Techie/Support
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August '98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces: 4000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: 114 Universal Building Set
LEGO Dark Age: early 80's to June 1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: I don't remember; I got flooded by
some old space
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): StarDefender "200"
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): don't have a fav yet
Set/theme you would like to see: Please oh please make a lego AT-AT walker!
Current LEGO Project: Space station and research base; probably moved
back to September '99

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Writing, everything to do with computers,
reading, practical philosophy (it's not an oxymoron! :) , computer
games, Kenpo, electric bass, tarot, and lately--shooting my mouth off
about anything. Somehow I've gotten more opinionated.




From: Rob Butera <rob@butera.org>
Organization: butera.org
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:37:32 -0500

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Rob Butera
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 23
Location: Rockville, MD USA
E-mail Address: rob@butera.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.butera.org/planetbrick/
Marital Status: M
Children: 1 awesome 5 month old daughter
Occupation: computational neuroscientist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~130
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 13
# of LEGO Pieces: ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just the silly truck that toured the US
in 1998

First LEGO Set: some Universal Set (400?)
LEGO Dark Age: 1983-1995
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Enchanted Island 6278 (wedding gift!)
Favorite Theme(s): pre-90s town, classic 70s, train
Favorite Set(s): Moon Lander 565
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 brick
Set/theme you would like to see: decent town sets again!
Current LEGO Project: getting my daughter to appreciate Primo!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Planet Brick -- build a globe!
http://www.butera.org/planetbrick/

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: skating and biking, Linux, electronics,
Avigo




From: James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 05:21:46 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: James Brown
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12+
Location: Edmonton, Ab, Canada
E-mail Address: galliard@shades-of-night.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
Marital Status: Yup.
Children: Nope.
Occupation: Computer Hardware/Software support (aka: trained monkey)
On R.T.L Since: August 1998 (lurking)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 65 by instruction booklets, about 15 more
in buckets.  if service packs count - 200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Windsor), 2 by July '99(Carlsbad)

First LEGO Set: (...that I can remember) 928 Galaxy Explorer
LEGO Dark Age: ~1980-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Rain Dance Ridge ("hey neat, a stump!")
Favorite Theme(s): Castle far and away in the lead, Technic (Mindstorms)
Favorite Set(s): 5145!    6067 (sigh), 6080, Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): basic bricks, arches, plates & tiles.
Set/theme you would like to see: Medieval Town, basic brick pack for dark grey!
Current LEGO project: Medieval MOC's to minifig scale pretty much
always applies

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: <shrug> Nope.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Live gaming, computer stuff, pool & snooker,
SCA, most music, curling up beside fireplaces with hot cider (& Lego) on
cold winter days.




From: "CHARLAND, SEBASTIEN" <sebastien.charland@bellsygma.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:24:52 -0500
Organization: CGI

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Sébastien Charland
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: may 27th, 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: around 9
Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada
E-mail Address: Sebastien@Charland.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.sebastien.charland.com/Lego (no there yet,
but will be soon)
Marital Status: Spoken for... Sorry girls.
Children: Not yet
Occupation: Computer scientist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: may 1998 (thanks Michel :-) )

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~10-15
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ~10k
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 downtown when I was around 7
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: I don't remmember, I was 1! And it wasn't those big
block either.

LEGO Dark Age: started aroung 14 until may 1998

First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Got the 5561 for xmas 1997, but the
first one that   really got me out was the 8459 and 5571

Favorite Theme(s): Technic and Team

Favorite Set(s): in order; 5571, 8840, 8459, 5542 (long storie), 8880
(the alternate model)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The green brick seperator!

Set/theme you would like to see: A 3-4 feet, 12 wheels, low-rider w/
pneumatic itch trailler for my 5571, a kenworth T-2000 w/ a realistic
Catepillar C-12 inline 6 engine and maybe a 6 speeds transmission, a
snow plow / sand distributor truck. They should all be at the same scale
as the 5571, ie same tire. I would also LOVE to build a 15mx15m replica
of middle heart based on Tolkien's works. Imagine: first 3 year, you buy
the land, afterward it gets populated by treebeard, tom bombadil,
Sauron, the Elfs king and subject, etc. Then some building like Elrond's
castel. Don't forget the boat and the Eldar. After 10 year and a lot of
$$ latter, you pretty much have middle heart. Then it's time to follow
Bilbo and Frodo in there adventure and build bag end, the Prancing Pony.
One set per chapter from "The Hobbit" and "Lord Of The Ring" trilogy. I
would be more than happy to put 150k over a 30 year period :-)

Current LEGO Project: Trying to build a 1m low-rider trailer w/
pneumatic to transport my 8459.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I got enough wheels to build a 10 wheels
5571 and a 8 wheels trailer to go with it.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Photography, cycling.




Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:22:08 -0500
From: chz1+usenet@cornell.edu (Hank Zimmerman)
Organization: IgLou Internet Services, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Hank Zimmerman (3/99 update)
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1976 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Louisville, KY
E-mail Address:  chz1@cornell.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  dating same person for 2 1/2 years
Children:  just me
Occupation:  student/teacher
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Since  Nov. 1995. I mostly just read/lurk anymore.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  150+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 (don't got the time!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  50,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: A small red airplane (?)
LEGO Dark Age: Never had one!
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: n/a 
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Model Team, Tech Play
Favorite Set(s):  SuperCar, Bungee Blaster
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Universal joint 
Set/theme you would like to see: More bungees!
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to scrape some more money together to buy more.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Never had a Dark Age. The only person that I know of to have run speed
tests with the Bungee Blaster (timed trials using different wheels and
combinations of weights). I have almost every single floating boat.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Camping, computers.




From: Patricia Schempp <pschemp@clemson.edu>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 10:48:13 -0500
Organization: Clemson University

Name: Patricia Schempp
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: depends on the day...
Location: Clemson, South Carolina
E-mail Address:  pschemp@clemson.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Don't have one yet...but hope to soon.
Marital Status:  Single and loving it.
Children:  Never (haha!)
Occupation:  Graduate Student/Slave  (Textile Science)
On R.T.L Since:  January, 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Twenty-five?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Three.
# of LEGO Pieces:  Five Thousand? I never have tried to count pieces...too lazy.
>
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None yet...
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  None yet...

First LEGO Set:  Homemaker Family Room
LEGO Dark Age:  ages 15-23
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: City Folks...I wanted the little kitty...
Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Pirates, Wild West, Adventurers, Castle
Favorite Set(s):  #6280 Armada Flagship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  My 1970's big head people with interchangable
hair!
Set/theme you would like to see:  All clear ice palace...
Current LEGO Project:  Thinking of a LEGO project....

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  When I was 6, I convinced my neighbor to
to swallow a red 2x2 brick!  His mom was really upset with me.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My 2 cats,  keeping the cats out of Legoland,
reading, guitar, caves, art stuff.




From: Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 11:05:50 -0500

Name:  Gary Istok
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1953
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  17
Location:  Suburb of Detroit, Michigan USA
E-mail Address:  gistok@umich.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://my.voyager.net/lar/gistok.html
Marital Status:  Single
Children: 6 neices and nephews and the kids of all my friends who are
amazed with my LEGO.
Occupation:  Computer Consultant for University of Michigan
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  July 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  2400
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  15
# of LEGO Pieces:  400,000-500,000 (who really knows?)
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  (#700/3 - Basic Set in 1960 from Germany).
LEGO Dark Age:  1967-79.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: (2) 1958-61 German LEGO Dealer
Windows & Doors individual parts boxes found near Coburg Germany
(where I was born) in 1979.
Favorite Theme(s):  TOWN!!!
Favorite Set(s): Town Plan #725 (1963), Junior Constructor #717
(1963), Thatcher Perkins Locomotive #396 (1975), London Bus #760
(1975).  Set/theme you would like to see: Service Packs, a better
assortment (in 1963 there were 138 different, today about 20).

Current LEGO Project(s): Finishing my new Gothic Cathedral, working on
2 1920's Art Deco Movie Palaces, building an Art Deco office building
with green and orange brick accents.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
1) In 1985 I was in Detroit Area local newspaper The Grosse Pointe
Advertiser, for a LEGO display I did in a toy store called Mom's Toy
Attic.
2) In 1986 I was on TV in USA, Canada, Germany, Austria for a TV short
on LEGO (it's not just for kids!).
3) In 1987 Henry Wiencek, author of THE WORLD OF LEGO TOYS,
interviewed me for his book (see page 30).
4) In 1989 I wrote Peter Eio, a letter about their Bulk Sales Policy
(or lack of it).  Mr. Eio wrote back saying it would be investigated,
but the policy has not yet been reinstated.
5) In November 1998, my site was chosen "Cool LEGO Website Of The Week".
6) Somewhat knowledgeable about LEGO's early days (1958-1976) and the
evolution of the early bricks and other elements.
7) Possibly have the largest private collection of classic windows and
doors (over 4000).

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Historic preservation, do guided tours of Downtown
Detroit's fabulous old Movie Palaces, love to travel to Europe, collect coins,
large architectural book and print collection, great fan of architecture.

Favorite LEGO quote:  "In the beginning ... there was TOWN" - Gary Istok.
Favorite quote:  "Architecture - the legacy our civilization will leave to the
civilizations of the future" - Frank Lloyd Wright.




From: ffilz@mindspring.com (Frank Filz)
Date: 3 Mar 1999 03:37:35 GMT
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises

Name: Frank Filz
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 
Location: Raleigh North  Carolina
E-mail Address: ffilz@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): ffilz@aol.com (no LEGO - YET)
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: a few days (March 1999)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 8
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces: about 2000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: ? (we were introduced to LEGO by a German coleague 
of my father's who came to the US for a year or so with his family - 
when they went back to Germany, they left us their LEGO)
LEGO Dark Age: teens to 36
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 9719 - Mindstorms Robotics 
Invention System
Favorite Theme(s): not sure yet
Favorite Set(s): not sure yet
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX Brick
Set/theme you would like to see: Advanced Robotics Invention System 
with new more powerfull brick and a larger variety of sensorts/
Current LEGO Project: have fun

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  

Computers (almost all aspects), Model Railroading, Role Playing 
Games, Music, many others




From: Veritech1A@webtv.net (Rod Stuberg)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:10:13 -0800 (PST)
Organization: WebTV Subscriber

Name: Rod Stuberg

Gender: Male

Year of Birth: 1977 

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: in Id stage

Location: Bellingham, WA

E-mail Address: Veritech1A@webtv.net 

LEGO/home page URL(s): coming soon

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Student Programmer

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: lost count, but most are Castle, Pirate,
or Ninja series

# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0

# of LEGO Pieces: bricks: unknown, Lego Warriors: about 40 

# of LEGOfests Attended: none 

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none 

First LEGO Set: the Castle series peasant wagon (I forot the name)

LEGO Dark Age: 1995-1998

First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Samurai Stronghold

Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate, Ninja

Favorite Set(s): Dark Dragon's Den

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle Falcon-Crests (not to be
confused with the sow of the same name)

Set/theme you would like to see: Bring back Castle!

Current LEGO Project: need to buy one

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Invented a combat system for them

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: RPGs, anime

Visit Rod's World:
http://members.theglobe.com/saga_asellus/rodworld.html




From: "Jonathan Van Matre" <jvanmatr@io.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:05:12 -0600
Organization: Illuminati Online

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Jonathan Van Matre
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Inner child well-fed, well-cared for, and
well-supplied with new diversions.  :)
Location:  Austin, TX
E-mail Address:  jvanmatr@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none at present...too busy building Lego to build a
webpage
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  none
Occupation:  Computer guru-of-all-trades
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  About a week ago (2-27-99)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  7
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 3800
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Can't remember exactly, but I recall it had a red 16x16
baseplate (or baseBRICK, actually--it was brick height).  It had some of the
little red cellophane windows, and a couple of Esso / Esso Service 1xN
signs.  Also, the red wheels with grey tires that plugged into the white
brick, and a lot of basic bricks.  Some kind of 60's/early 70's service
station set maybe, or else just a grab bag miscellany inherited from a
previous owner.  Now that I'm thinking about it, this question is gonna nag
me....guess I'll pester the parents for clues.
LEGO Dark Age:  1981ish to late 1998, when I first laid eyes on the
Mindstorms RIS
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Mindstorms RIS.   First non-Mindstorms:
Technic Turbo Command.  First Lego System: 641-piece Freestyle Bucket.
Never had many theme sets as a kid, and they were always small, so Freestyle
is definitely what's in my blood.
Favorite Theme(s):  Isn't it sad?  Just rediscovered Lego and I think my
favorite theme is the discontinued Pirates.  :(  But soon Star Wars will be
out to fill the void.
Favorite Set(s):  Love that Mindstorms.  Drool drool drool.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Tempted to say Mindstorms RCX, but to
avoid being a one-trick pony, I'll go with arches.  Any excuse to use an
arch is fine by me.  Minifigs:  The monkey from Time Cruisers was cool,
despite not being able to remove his head or legs.
Set/theme you would like to see: What I would really *LOVE* is to see
*themed* Freestyle sets.  Especially since themes come and go pretty quickly
these days, I think it would be great if, for example, they made a big tub
of freestyle bricks and plates matching the color schemes of the various
themes.  So, when they phase out your favorite theme and you're looking at
all those preformed pieces wondering "What do I do now?", you have a big tub
of imaginative opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of.
Current LEGO Project:  Assorted proof-of-concept stuff with the Mindstorms,
in preparation for the masterwork taking shape in my head.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Not famous yet....but I'll get there.  :)  I'm
going out there a lego maniac, and coming back a star!  ;)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Music (acoustic/electric cellist), writing,
swing dancing, film, avoiding the computer when not at work (except to
program the RCX).




From: blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss)
Date: 4 Mar 1999 23:38:33 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:            Steve Bliss
Gender:          M
Year of Birth:   1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10/quiet and alert
Location:        Lowell, MI, USA, North America, Earth
E-mail Address:  blisses@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  home.att.net/~blisses/index.html
Marital Status:  Married 
Children:        2 boys
Occupation:      Software developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  late 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:                 more than some, less than others
# of LEGOfests Attended:          0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:    no parks, but I went through LIC@MOA

First LEGO Set: can't remember
LEGO Dark Age: never had lego as a kid.  Started as an adult around 94
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  DUPLO bucket
Favorite Theme(s):                  Divers, currently.
Favorite Set(s):                    Explorien Starship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):    1x2 plate.  In white or black.
Set/theme you would like to see:    Theme buckets.
                                    Return to Universal Building Sets
Current LEGO Project:               Improving LDraw Add-On; 
                                    writing parts for L-CAD updates

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Grand Prize Winner in 1998 LEGO
Christmas Challenge, the lighthouse advent contest on www.lego.com.
Won five sets, all very cool. :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Family, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Odyssey
of the Mind.




From: manjingo@aol.com (Manjingo)
Date: 6 Mar 1999 21:13:24 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Jay Jacinto
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 8/5/79  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location:  Riverside, CA
E-mail Address: RoboTrekk@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Trying to work on one
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  2 Dogs
Occupation:  Tired Physics Major(Junior)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Mid 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Probably a hundred sets more than  ships, from
the seventh fleet, that were destroyed by the dominion.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  5,000-10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  I think it was a little red fire truck, sorry no numbers.  I
later turned it into Captain Indigo's car.
LEGO Dark Age: In 1991 I had a period when lego was not part of my life
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  A mail order lego set I order from the back
of a fruit loops box.
Favorite Theme(s):  space
Favorite Set(s):  8680
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any Ice-Planet Torso
Set/theme you would like to see: Temporal Enforcement Agency:  The New Breed of
Time Travellers. (Sets designed in space like manner)
Current LEGO Project: Making L-Draw instructions for most of MOC's.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I wish I had one

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  HP Calculators, Dave Matthews Band, studying
Physics, oh and Star Trek.




From: "BOB!! Williams" <ender@pinn.net>
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 18:48:13 -0500
Organization: CAIS Internet

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  BOB!! Williams
Gender: Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Virginia Beach, VA
E-mail Address:  ender@pinn.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.pinn.net/~ender/piratepage.html
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  I support the LEGO habits of 3 nephews and 1 niece
Occupation:  Naval Intelligence Officer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~170
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  114
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~30,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none

First LEGO Set:  6268 Renegade Runner (and miscellaneous hand-me-downs
as a child)
LEGO Dark Age:  1967-1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6268 Renegade Runner
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  6277
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Imperial Guardsmen
Set/theme you would like to see:  Bring back Pirates
Current LEGO Project:  Completion of ongoing set inventory/part census,
followed by completion of coastal fortress & village (larger than
Imperial Trading Post and El Dorado Fortress) with docked Imperial Ship
of the Line, under attack by pirates.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Neighbor kids all want to come play with
my toys

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:    Federal Writers Project Guides, Hiking,
Camping, Canoeing, Baseball, Role-playing Games




From: fozboot@my-dejanews.com
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 22:17:27 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Chris Ernest Hall
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  SF Bay Area
E-mail Address: fozboot@best.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet (auction site coming soon)
Marital Status:  single
Children:  0
Occupation:  Software engineer specializing in user interfaces
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  504
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  75,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, original Legoland, 1978

First LEGO Set: July 11, 1972 (4th birthday), 348- Mini Wheel Car & Truck Set
LEGO Dark Age: 1993-1997
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6442 - Sting Ray Explorer
Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron I, Divers, Ice Planet 2002, Mtron, Airport,
Adventurers, Ninja, original Castle
Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Message Intercept Base, Galaxy Explorer, Galaxy
Commander, TGV Train, Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins, Deep Reef Refuge
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Adventurers in Shangri-la, non-ninja feudal
Japan, Victorian Adventurers (Sherlock Holmes/HG Wells era), Arabian Nights
Current LEGO Project: mountain with castle and train tunnel, Ninja fortress,
dark grey & beige classic space-style spaceship like Galaxy Explorer

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  hopefully my forthcoming auction

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: software development, interface design & usability
engineering, music, writing




From: "John Matthews" <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:44:39 -0500
Organization: Time Warner Communications Columbus

Name:John Matthews
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Alive and well
Location:Columbus, Ohio
E-mail Address:jmatthew@columbus.rr.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):coming soon/TBA
Marital Status:single NLgirlfriend
Children:none
Occupation:Architect
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Sept 98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:~50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:~10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0
First LEGO Set:Red Bucket
LEGO Dark Age:1988-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:MindStorms
Favorite Theme(s):Technic/Town/Train
Favorite Set(s):6463 Lunar Rover (right now)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):2 to 4 angled stud changer/Super Train
Conductor
Set/theme you would like to see:Technic beam and plate bucket (with 1x2
plate bricks)
Current LEGO Project:beverage delivery system
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none yet :)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:gaming, darts, beer, Architecture




From: "Allan J Smith" <allan.j@clear.net.nz>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:53:25 +1300

Name: Allan J Smith

Gender:  Male

Year of Birth:  1956

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:42/16

Location:  Napier, New Zealand

E-mail Address: allan.j@clear.net.nz

LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/allan.j/
Pictures of my own creations in the Town, Train & Wild West themes

Marital Status: now married to LEGO

Children: 3 distant daughters

Occupation:  Fire Protection Technician

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ? at a guess 600+

# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ? at another guess 150+
(parts for my own creations plus sets for future trades for non NZ sets)

# of LEGO Pieces: ? NZ sets don't have piece counts

# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: maybe USA one day?

First LEGO Set: I think 6634 Rally Car

LEGO Dark Age: 1956 to 1985 but it might start soon if TLG don't stop town-jr

First LEGO set after the Dark Age: see 2 lines above

Favorite Theme(s): Train, pre town-jr Town & Model Team

Favorite Set(s): 6399 Airport Shuttle, 4554 & 2150 Train Station, 8880 Super Car
& 2556 Shell F1 Ferrari

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all

Set/theme you would like to see: decent Town again

Current LEGO Project: Rainbow Warrior protest ship

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Train layout 2nd in 1997 & 1998 at Taupo Hobby Expo
against about 15 normal :) layouts

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cycle touring, mountain biking, Cyndi Lauper & ABBA




From: rbobo123@aol.com (RBobo123)
Date: 11 Apr 1999 19:21:55 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Richard Bobo
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1983
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15
Location:  Arkansas
E-mail Address: Rbobo123@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  The SSSWW (Shrine to SubSonic Woodwinds) (Not Up Yet)
Marital Status:  No, not even a girlfriend :-(
Children:  No
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Mid-98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Lots
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Thats a stupid question.
# of LEGO Pieces:  God only knows
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  Classic Space Set
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  Space Port (SO what if it's Juniorized a little?), and
Throwbots
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Skeletons, and ghosts
Current LEGO Project:  Shadow, the ultimate throwbot

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Bassoon, Contrabass instruments, RML (Rocko's
modern Life), DS9 (Deep SPace Nine), and Hisotry.
Heffer: "I command you..."
Filburt: "No, no, Say We, we"
Heffer: "WEE-WEE!"

LEGO GEEK CODE:   
TO[tc++]- PA++ SP[cl,mt++,bt2++,ip+++,sy+,ut,ex+++c,ufo+,ins-]++++ CA- PI++
AQ++ WW- ADV+++ #+++ S+++ LS+++ Hri M+ A@ LM-- yb82m




From: gefi1@t-online.de (Christian Gemünden)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:03:12 +0200

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:Christian Gemünden
Gender: male
Year of Birth:  1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: variable
Location:  Europe, Germany, Karlsruhe, Stutensee, Blankenloch (not very
known)
E-mail gefi1@t-online.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet
Marital Status:  Lego is more important
Children: I like them, but don't have any
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  about a month

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  832 soon more...
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~50?
# of LEGO Pieces: my room is not big enough for all !
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: ~5x billund (years ago)

First LEGO Set: I was born with LEGO. The sets were there before I came. I
dontinue my Mums collection. So I can no more remember any special set.
LEGO Dark Age: None! (1996 I had a few buildingless weeks)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6491, 6492, 6493, 6494 in a few days. (I
know that sounds more than stupid, but I like Timmy)
Favorite Theme(s): Space; espacially Space Police (II) and M-Tron
Favorite Set(s):  right now Episode I ( but usually 6861, 6862)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: A light blue aquazone-monorail with theme.
Current LEGO Project: planning to build all my monorails with a huge track
and all that stuff I have.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing too important.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Just LEGO or still (Scuba-)diving,




From: "loriann" <OKOBOJI@prodigy.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:24:46 -0500
Organization: Prodigy Communications Corp

Name:  Loriann
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8, 10, 12 & a newly discovered 6 year old
Location:  Iowa
E-mail Address: okoboji@prodigy.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  in progress
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none ..... excluding my 3 dogs
Occupation:  mechanical designer
On R.T.L  Since:  March 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 1000+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5
# of LEGO Pieces:  105,000 +
# of LEGO fests  Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just Mall of America
First LEGO Set:  6380 Emergency Treatment Center
Favorite Theme(s):  Town
Favorite Set(s):  6396 International Jetport & 6394 Metro-Park &
ServiceTower
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  how does one choose?????
Set/theme you would like to see: Fast Food Chain Restaurants, Bridges
Current LEGO Project:  having fun with my Mindstorms
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  i have more Lego sets in my family than anyone
else
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Music, Computers, Reiki and life.




From: Lord Insanity <lordinsanity@usa.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:47:58 -0400
Organization: Wesayso Corporation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Lord Insanity (Mike Petrucelli)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 2242 B.C. (1979 A.D.)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6-12
Location: Southeastern PA, USA
E-mail: lordinsanity@usa.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): currently none. soon though
Marital Status:  single
Children: I don't have any
Occupation:  colledge student/dishwaser/cook
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: reading for about a year, infrequently posting

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  hundreds
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah right.
# of LEGO Pieces: tens of thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: probably a basic or universal set.
Favorite Theme(s): In order Space, Pirate, Castle, Clasic Town
Favorite Set(s):  all of them
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I fig with gray printing.
It's not faded white, it is gray printing.  Only have one and he the
supreme commander of the Darktron Protectorate.
Set/theme you would like to see: A large green house with lots of 1xX
clear bricks.  I'd buy at least a dozen of them.
Current LEGO Project: A large town/space colony.  I'll put pics on my
webpage when complete.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: literature, theater, movies, computer,
outdoors, but mostly :-) constuction.




From: Jan Sturdivant <jsturdiv@got.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 09:18:34 -0700

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:Jan Sturdivant  
Gender: F 
Year of Birth:  1956
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 7 
Location:  near Santa Cruz, CA USA
E-mail Address:jsturdiv@got.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): (none yet) 
Marital Status:  HAPPILY MARRIED!
Children:  ages 8 and 3
Occupation:  homeschooling Mom
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  about two years (but couldn't figure out how to
do one of these before)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  probably thousands...at least hundreds,
in my stuff from garage sales--most now in one big bin in my son's room
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:only the Scala I bought for when my
daughter gets older...
# of LEGO Pieces:  not a guess...
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none yet

First LEGO Set: haven't found a pic of it yet to know the number--was a
fairly large house building set...box was about the size of a Candyland
game with red roof pieces and white bricks...
LEGO Dark Age: after my mom gave them to the gardener for his kids...I
was fourteen, I believe...
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: one of the castle sets with octagonal
walls from a garage sale 
Favorite Theme(s):  most everything except cyberslam--and even that has
some interesting pieces...
Favorite Set(s):  right now probably Scala and Bellville
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  inverted roof pieces esp. corners /
girls esp.forrest one(which I do not have :(  )
Set/theme you would like to see: ?
Current LEGO Project:  sorting out some blacktron and M-tron from a
garage sale...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  do not think I have one after being around
the folks here on this newsgroup

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  sci-fi books, fantasy books, new ways to
help my kids learn school stuff, bicycling, walking in the forrest




From: "Apotome" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@execulink.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 01:37:39 GMT
Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc.

Name: Allan B (aka Apotome)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Whatever age I got my #853 set in the
late 70's
Location: Canada
E-mail Address: apotome@altavista.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.execulink.com/~apotome/expert.htm
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None, but have enough Lego for 2 or 3
Occupation:  Computer Support
On RTL since: October 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~70 (mostly tubs and buckets)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero
# of LEGO Pieces: > 10,000
# of LEGO fests attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: Probably #2 Basic Set (circa 1976)
LEGO Dark Age: 1983 - 1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #3759 (1200 piece 35th anniversary tub
in Canada)
Favourite Theme(s): Technic
Favourite Set(s): Tough one... probably #367 (Lunar Base)
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any length Technic beam
Set/theme you would like to see: Golden Age of Spaceflight

Current LEGO Project: The Expert Builder website (see URL above)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None (yet)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cycling, computers, web design, sci-fi, fiction
writing, architecture, a decent cigar

Warmest regards,
Allan




From: "Stephan B. Wessels" <stephan.wessels@sdrc.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:31:45 -0400
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Stephan B. Wessels
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1955
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12 / Happy
Location:  Cincinnati, Ohio - USA
E-mail Address: swessels@one.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  married
Children:  1 step-son
Occupation:  manager of software development
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  8
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  2000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Mindstorms
LEGO Dark Age: Just started in December of 1997
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Mindstorms
Favorite Theme(s):  Mindstorms, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: more high end sets like 8880, 8048
Current LEGO Project:  Diet Coke fetcher robot

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  compose music, write OO software

=============================================================================




From: anonymouseye@webtv.net (Craig Hamilton)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:13:58 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: WebTV Subscriber

Name: craig hamilton
gender: m
y.o.b.: '64
age of inner child: 8 (or two 17 yr. olds)
location: center of the state of georgia, u.s.a.
e-mail: anonymouseye@webtv.net
lego home page: working on it 
marital stat.: committed
chidren: faerie godfather to many
occupation: artist/illustrator/teacher
on RTL since march '99

# of sets: 245
# unopened: none -- (a toy unplayed with is like a book unread)
# lego pieces: around 80-90 thou.
# lego fests: 0
# lego theme parks visited: not yet -- planning trip to san delego next
year

first lego set: unknown set of basic bricks and police station
lego dark age: '83 - '95
lego renaissance: '95 - pirates & islanders sets
 fav. theme: castle (also adventurers, pirates, and indians)
fav. sets: 60082 fire breathing fortress, 5978 sphinx's secret suprise
fav. piece/mini-fig: forest babe, bat lord, black knights
set/theme i would most like to see: an african safari within the
adventurers theme, fantasy/mythological within castle theme
current lego project: 1940's hollywood movie studio
greatest claim to lego fame: i like to customize mini-figs by
re-painting. i've done my own justce league -- superman, batman, robin,
flash, green lantern, & wonder woman. 
other intrests: art, theatre, ancient history, hiking, cats, reading,
mehndi, halloween, & friends.-- most of my intrests turn into passions.

i am enjoying RTL -- one of the best forums i've found.      later --
craigo-lego




From: silasp@my-dejanews.com
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:21:36 GMT
Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion

Name: Silas Pierrot
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7
Location: Canada (B.C.)
E-mail Address: silasp@uvic.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.home.net/ourcreations/
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student
On RTL since: March 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000 - 30,000
# of LEGO fests attended: If five people count for a Lego fest, then 4 (if
not then zero)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: A house, set # 376
LEGO Dark Age: 1988 - 1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6813 galactic chief (space police)
Favourite Theme(s): Town, town, town, and town
Favourite Set(s): #6318 (trees and fences)
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Trees, doors, and windows
Set/theme you would like to see: A return of quality town sets

Current LEGO Project: A Tudor estate

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Judged, and helped to organise two Lego
building competitions at Eaton's (for you non-Canadians Eaton's is a major
department store in Canada)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, geography, urban planning, art

Don't stop building no matter how crazy they think you are.

Silas




From: "PMClark" <pmclark@proaxis.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:37:21 -0700
Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc.

Name: Pfil (Phil Clark)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Corvallis, OR
E-mail Address: phil@devcoengineering.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  None
Occupation:  CAD Technician/Network Admin.
On RTL since: Feb. 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Just the ones I bought today
# of LEGO Pieces: 50,000?
# of LEGO fests attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: Don't remember
LEGO Dark Age: 1986 - 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6125 Sea Sprint 9
Favourite Theme(s): Castle, Town, Classic space
Favourite Set(s): 487 Space Cruiser
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Plants of any kind
Set/theme you would like to see: Vikings

Current LEGO Project: Ninja Training Camp

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bought Star Wars Snowspeeder and didn't open it
for 4 days!  (Actually, I just didn't get a chance to)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, music, video games




Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:22:36 -0400
From: ucfjwh@ibm.net
Organization: IBM Global Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Jason Hendren
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 10/26/71
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Orlando, FL
E-mail Address: ucfjwh@ibm.net / jasonh@gdi.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  close
Children:  0
Occupation:  Industrial Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  A lot
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 6
# of LEGO Pieces:  A lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (Orlando, FL)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 1970s Space
LEGO Dark Age: 14 - 25
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8880
Favorite Theme(s):   Technic
Favorite Set(s):  Super Car, Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Large tires from original car chasis
Set/theme you would like to see: 4x4 motorized recreations (technic
spinoff).  I would like a Hummer, Land Rover Defender 90, 1968 Bronco,
Jeep
Current LEGO Project:  1968 Motorized Bronco with motorized steering.
The chasis and mechanics are done!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Hummer recreation.
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00001.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00002.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00003.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00004.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00005.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00006.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00007.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00008.jpg

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Surfing, Football, weightlifting




From: t a heist <taheist@cococo.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:06:25 GMT
Organization: U. S. Internet, Inc.

Name: Aaron Heist
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1986
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 or so
Location: Tennessee, but going back home in NY state soon
E-mail Address: taheist@cococo.net
LEGO/home page URL (s): None, but in a couple months....
Marital Status: Not old enough
Children:  None
Occupation:  Kid / Student
On RTL since: a couple months ago (can't remember exact date)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I PLAY WITH MY LEGOS!
# of LEGO Pieces: 700? (no idea)
# of LEGO fests attended: If two people count for a Lego fest, then 1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First Lego set: Probably a freestyle bucket, but at age 8 or 9 my
parents got me a bunch of forester and castle (loud sound of hitting
myself for not taking better care of my forester river crossing, pieces
of which I still have).

Lego set most wanted: The first super car, the only time I liked
Technic. The new one has none of the first one's allure.
Beginning of Dark Ages: 1996
DNRC member: yes
Dream project: Building a model of the craft from Descent 1, and some
mechs.
LEGO Dark Age: 1996 - 1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 5918 Scorpion tracker
Favorite Theme: Adventurers
Favorite Set: 2879 Treasure Raiders
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Monkeys, gold coins, mummy cases
Set/theme you would like to see: A genuine Iniana Jones theme. (with
Lucasfilm cutting deals with Lego now, I would NOT be surprised if it
shows up)
Current LEGO Project: Descent mechs, Full size museum for all my lego
stuff (mummy cases, conquistador helmets etc.)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None (but someday...)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Ancient history and cultures, Biological
studies, Descent,  




From: hfd1chief@aol.com (HFD1Chief)
Date: 18 Apr 1999 02:19:46 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Billy Patrick Covais

Gender: Male

Year of Birth: 1986 (I am 12)

Location: Lindenhurst NY

E-mail address: JDKORN55@aol.com and HFD1CHIEF@aol.com

LEGO/Homepage URL: http://members.aol.com/hfd1chief/page/index.htm

Marital Status: Girlfriend

Children: None

Occupation: Jr.firefighter/Student

On RTL since: October of 1998

# Of sets in collection: About 50

# Of unopened sets in collection: 2

# Of LEGO pieces in collection: Around a thousand

# Of LEGO Fest attened: 0

# Of LEGO theme parks visted: Soon I hope

First LEGO set: A bucket of Duplo Bricks when I was 3 and 6670 Rescue rig when
I was 5 or 6.

LEGO Set Most wanted: This is a hard one Id have to say any fire station from
the late 80's and up and most wanted set would have to be 6666 Ambulance.

Dream Project: A lego version of the town I live in.

Favorite theme: Town and Res Q.

Favorite Set: 6666 Ambulance and 6525 Blaze Commander.

Favorite pieces: Fire minifig stuff and Res Q mini Fig stuff.

Set theme u would like to see: I would like to see a really good Fire & Rescue
theme like Jeff from Sixbys rigs. 

Current Lego Project: Starting my town and making my Fire stations.

Non Lego Intrests: Firefighting stuff, computer, anything to do with
Emergencyservices.

Billy P. Covais
Fire Chief
Legohurst Fire Department
URL: http://members.aol.com/hfd1chief/page/index.htm




From: pennydrumz@aol.com (Pennydrumz)
Date: 22 Apr 1999 03:25:54 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:John Hoppe
Gender: Male
Year of birth:1973
Mental age/status of inner child:varies from day to day
Location: Salem Oregon
E-mail: Pennydrumz@aol.com
URL:http://members.aol.com/Pennydrumz/main.html
Marital status:Plural
Children:yes
Occupation:drummer
On R.T.L. since: December 1998

# of sets in Lego collection:25-50(I lost count)
# of unopened sets:none-I use all the legos i buy
# of lego Pieces: 10,000 or so
# of lego fests attended: none yet
# of lego theme parks visited: none yet

First lego set: A helicopter from 1977
Lego dark age: anything town jr.
First lego set after the dark age: None yet, I'm still waiting for town sr.to
return
Favorite themes:town/fire
Favorite sets:all the fire stations except for the last one
Favorite pieces: storage compartments
Set/theme you would most like to see: The removal of Town jr., and the return
of real town.
Current lego project: modeling Salem, oregon fire station # 2.

Greatest claim to lego fame:I'm not sure I have one
Other non-lego interests: I play drums. That pretty much occupies most of my
free time




From: Gintaras Rumsas <agi_gr@kaunas.omnitel.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:20:35 +0200
Organization: AGI

Name:Gintaras Rumsas
Gender: Male
Year of birth:1959
Mental age/status of inner child:may be 12?
Location:Kaunas, Lithuania
E-mail: agi_gr@kaunas.omnitel.net
URL:now only in plans
Marital status:sucessfully married
Children:daughter 14
Occupation:mapping specialist
On R.T.L. since:lurking since end of 1997

# of sets in Lego collection:more than 100(with small ones)
# of unopened sets:is it possible?
# of lego Pieces: more than 10,000
# of lego fests attended: none yet
# of lego theme parks visited: none yet (may be Billund sometime...)

First lego set:6020 Magic Shop
Lego dark age:LEGO came to Lithuania only in 1993 - so may be it can be
fixed as end of my dark age
First lego set after the dark age:look previous two lines...
Favorite themes:Town (not Jr.), ResQ, Ninja, Adventurers
Favorite sets:all which I can afford
Favorite pieces: storage compartments
Set/theme you would most like to see: some kind of return of Blacktron,
Ice Planet etc. I am really awaiting for Star Wars (not in Lithuania
yet) and Rock Raiders
Current lego project: modeling secret base of Anti-Pirate Squad

Greatest claim to lego fame:I'm not sure I have one
Other non-lego interests: science fiction, fantasy, computer strategy
games




From: cargoweasel@my-dejanews.com
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:36:47 GMT
Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Gary F. Burke

Gender:

Male

Year of Birth:

1972

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:

Varies. :) 10-15

Location:

Los Angeles, California

E-mail Address:

cargoweasel@my-dejanews.com

LEGO/home page URL(s):

None yet, big one coming soon.

Marital Status:

Single

Children:

Just me. :)

Occupation:

Graphic Designer

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:

1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:

About 30

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:

8

# of LEGO Pieces:

Not sure. Thousands.

# of LEGOfests Attended:

None

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:

None

First LEGO Set:

Samsonite-era basic set

LEGO Dark Age:

1982-1998

First LEGO set after the Dark Age:

6582 Daredevil Flight Squad and red freestyle bucket

Favorite Theme(s):

Star wars, Adventurers (Egypt), Technic,  Classic space, castle

Favorite Set(s):

497 Galaxy Explorer (nostalgia)   7150 Y-wing/TIE Fighter (Current)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):

X-wing pilot minifig or classic white space guy

Set/theme you would like to see:

SW Endor Base with landing platform, shield generator, bunker, AT-ST,
and Rebel, Ewok and Stormtrooper minifigs

Current LEGO Project:

Star wars Tydirium Shuttle and AT-ST

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Um, I disturb all my friends with my love of lego. :)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

Techno music/raves, graphic design, movies, books




From: echodown@nospam.hotmail.com (Patrick Gaskill)
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:11:28 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Patrick Gaskill
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1980 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Virginia, USA
E-mail Address: echodown@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.tidalwave.net/~gaskill
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: Beats me... a big Rubbermaid container full
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: A Universal Building Set in a white box, I think
LEGO Dark Age: 1992-1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6580 Land Jet 7
Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, Blacktron I
Favorite Set(s): 4170 X-Wing, 8880 Super Car
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): SW Lightsabers
Set/theme you would like to see: A-Wing
Current LEGO Project: Rebuliding my old sets, esp. 8880

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was proud of building that 8880
	the first time around.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Nowadays? Wrestling, sketch comedy,
	falling victim to SW hype




From: josh120@aol.com (Josh120)
Date: 14 May 1999 01:24:37 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Josh Opotzner
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1985
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 
Location:  Connectucut
E-mail Address:Josh120@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none now (oh whine)
Marital Status:  uh...scratch that one and the next.
Children:  See above.
Occupation:  Person who whines about school
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  dunno.  96 maybe?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 180  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces:  too many(as my dad would say)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:Sure!Rub it in!

First LEGO Set:  Bucket.
LEGO Dark Age:none
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:see above  
Favorite Theme(s): 1,Pirates, 2,SW, 3,Town
Favorite Set(s):  Skull's Eye Schooner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pirate things like guns, swords, gold, masts,
sails, figs. 
Set/theme you would like to see: None.  I cringe when I think of new pirates. 
YUCK.
Current LEGO Project:  raising $500 to buy a SES

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  LEGO Web Team member e-mailed me.  Person to pay
the most for a SES ($500!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  money, breathing, shooting every darn moving see
with a shooting cannon. (I need to wash the cannon balls sometimes after
nailing a few ants or something)

Josh O.

The Rec.Toys.Lego:"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and
villainy."
They gave us two astromechs and no threepio! "It wasn't my fault sir.  Please
don't deactivate me!  That meddling srap pile!  He tricked me."




From: Salvador Paja <sal@mamba.ece.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 01:48:31 -0700
Organization: University of California, Davis

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:Sal Paja  
Gender:Male  
Year of Birth:1973  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Depends on situation  
Location:California Bay Area
E-mail Address:sal@ece.ucdavis.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:Engaged  
Children:  1
Occupation: student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1996  

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:?  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:0
# of LEGO Pieces:?  
# of LEGOfests Attended:0:(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0:(

First LEGO Set:some basic freestyle set
LEGO Dark Age:highschool (regret..regret)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:Wolfpack tower  
Favorite Theme(s):Castle, SW, Cops, Ninjas, Cavalry, soldier stuff.  
Favorite Set(s):The first couple of castle mini-fig sets (You got 6 figs
	in one set). King's castle, Original trilogy SW.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): A knight w/ a breastplate and visor,
	Sumurai, Ninja, Qui-gon Jinn (so far for SW)
Set/theme you would like to see: Never stop Castle, change the emblems
on the shields or whatever, but NEVER stop Castle, Any soldier type stuff,
More historical themes, More town stuff, promotional stuff like Star Trek,
video game characters, ....etc.
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to graduate so that I can get a job,
accumulate as many pieces as some of you guys, and build....build...build.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Still working on it.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My family, hockey, action figures,
	electrical engineering, I guess




From: "kpanholzer" <kpanholzer@metronet.de>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:58:23 +0200
Organization: Debitel Network Services GmbH

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Kai Panholzer
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Debatable (particularly if you ask my
wife)
Location:  Munich, Germany
E-mail Address: kpanholzer@debitel.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  2
Occupation:  Product Manager
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  04/98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  4
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:
LEGO Dark Age: 1982 - 1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Landspeeder + Speeder Bikes
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  Interstellar Starfighter (6979)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars sets containing buildings /
planetary surface
Current LEGO Project:

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  To build or not to build

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

Greetings from Munich!




From: "pal" <palpalpalpal@hotmail.com>
Date: 15 May 1999 12:18:53 GMT
Organization: Club-Internet (France)

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  
pal

Gender:  
male

Year of Birth:  
1974

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  
Mix of old and young

Location:  
France

E-mail Address:
palpalpalpal@hotmail.com

LEGO/home page URL(s):  
None yet

Marital Status:  
Single

Children:  
0

Occupation:  
-

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  
April 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  
Don't know (more than 100)

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
0

# of LEGO Pieces:  
Don't know

# of LEGOfests Attended:
1

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:
0

First LEGO Set:
I inherited a lot of pieces from friends. The first boxed set I can
remember of is a rocket launching space base with two vehicles. I believe
it was numbered 981 or something like that.

LEGO Dark Age:
I had two Dark Ages. 1984 - 1986 and 1987 - 1992

First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  
First Dark Age : 6826 (small grey space "car")
Second Dark Age : can't remember, probably a Blacktron 2 (6981, 6933, 6812
?)

Favorite Theme(s):  
M-Tron, Ice Planet (neon chainsaws !), Blacktron 2

Favorite Set(s):  
6989 (M-Tron huge truck with crane)
6973 (Ice Planet big ship)
6952, 6932, 6980, 6930, 6880, 6812, 6898

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
- The strange thing which holds leaves in palm trees (also found black in
pirates sets).
- "Robot heads" (like in 6702)
- 1986 pipes (like in 6872)
- That thing that can be used to build a jetpack (like in 6702)
- Minifigs : Blacktron 1, Blue and red Futuron, M-Tron, Ice Planet

Set/theme you would like to see: 
SailorMoon

Current LEGO Project:  
Finding time to play with Mindstorms...

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  
None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  
Videogames (esp. antiques), Aquariology (esp. amphibians), Computer science

[suggestion to add to the list : "favorite sets for pieces" (the sets which
contain the most interesting pieces) ]




From: hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:34:06 GMT
Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

Name: Joseph M. Gonzalez
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20 years old
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail Address: hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/9007/ and
http://members.xoom.com/legohead/clones.html
Marital Status: married
Children: four (ages 4 ms, 3, 5, and 6)
Occupation: Trainer/System Support Specialist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid-1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 403
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 190
# of LEGO Pieces: not a clue
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: 420-Police Car (but I have memories of an older
sibling's 331 and 332 truck models)
LEGO Dark Age: 1st 1976-1983, 2nd 1985-1993
First LEGO set after the Dark Age(s): 1st 6824 Space Dart-I and 6846 Tri
Star Voyager, 2nd I'm guessing it was the 6271 Imperial Flagship but I
can't really remember
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Right now it's the 6985-Cosmic Fleet Voyager
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see: Large merchant ships for the Pirates
theme, Space commerce stations, a larger inn for the Castle theme.
Current LEGO Project: None.  Actually I'm just getting reacquainted with
my collection after many months of having most of it in storage.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won a guess-the-number-of-pieces contest at
a local toy store.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-fi/Fantasy, listening to music,
watching movies.




From: "Richard W. Schamus" <legomn34@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:22:22 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Richard W. Schamus (Legoman34)
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 (or something like it)
Location:  Maryland, USA
E-mail Address: legoman34@usa.net;legoman34@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334
Marital Status: married, (for now)
Children: 2
Occupation: USAF
On R.T.L Since: April '97 (lurking in and out)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 616 total (532 Lego/84 other, clones)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: one (#6899), but I'm not counting it
toward my collection
# of LEGO Pieces: best estimate is 79,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  Can't remember that far back (maybe it was the little
police cruiser, {no instructions for that one.. grrr... or maybe it was the
ambulance... }
LEGO Dark Age: never had one
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: doesn't apply
Favorite Theme(s): Any/all
Favorite Set(s): All of them...   (ok, I'm partial to the X-wing, even if
they did mess it up).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  R2D2, and my own constructed C3P0
Set/theme you would like to see: Greco-Roman, (Mythical creatures besides
ghosts and
dragons, I had to make my own centaurs, unicorns, pegasi, satyrs'...)
Current LEGO Project: "Castle Wall Component System", Star Wars stuff, and
on the very back burner, a town train layout.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: "Most Fantastic" in Erik Wilson's Acropolis
Project Contest,
(one of the grand prize runner up's)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Dragon collecting/Star Trek model
collecting/learning all I can about html and other internet
applications/programming.




From: blueofnoon@aol.com (BlueOfNoon)
Date: 27 May 1999 00:48:56 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name: Richard
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: You kidding?  About 2, and all it says is "I
want ..."
Location: SF/Bay Area, CA
E-mail Address: blueofnoon@aol.com  (a much more sinister screen name than most
realize...)
LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it = P
Marital Status: single, doing all my parenting vicariously through my brother
and his children, although I have raised some very evil black cats (Pywaquet, 
Mephistopheles, and Nicola -- this, the youngest one, has actually tried to
turn doorknobs with her paws! Basically, my life would be ****ed if she ever
obtained opposable thumbs...)
Children: Zero
Occupation: Web Designer and Lego Consumer Advocate
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late March 1999 
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 75
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none -- C'mon, just open 'em up and play!
# of LEGO Pieces: 7 plastic tool chests worth (at least 1/2 of which is
technics/mindstorms)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: late sixties basic brick set -- all I know is that it was white
and red
LEGO Dark Age: never completely out of it, but did not buy much between
1991-1998 (University and then Law School, 'nuff said...)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age(s): 6027 Bat Lord's Catapult or maybe it was
6496 Whirling Time Warper (which I love because it has that really cool bubble
hatch -- can you say "Big Daddy Roth?" -- and because you can make a nasty
syringe-like device out of that giant hypno-raygun for displaying on your desk)
Favorite Theme(s): Mindstorms, Pirate, Castle
Favorite Set(s): a heavily modified (2 sets worth) 6977 Arachnoid Star Base 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crystal Balls, Skeletons, Witches, Black cloth
capes
Set/theme you would like to see: For all themes and sets to be available from
the moment they start producing them!  And then maybe a Viking Gods theme.  Or
an All-Female Minifigure-Pirate-Ship to fulfill my Ann Bonny And Mary Read
fantasies
Current LEGO Project: A Mindstorms project utilizing my Scarab figure to make
an electronic pet
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My imagination.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My REAL LIFE?  Well, how about everything not
related Lego?  Y'know wild sex, hard-driving music, all around Bad Boy
stuff...actually, I paint, sculpt, doodle on my Wacom, write fiction and
poetry, etc.  Read a lot of William Burroughs, Anthony Burgess, J.G. Ballard,
and Philip Dick -- Anyone else dropping some Chew-Z while playing with their
Perky Pat...er, Lego?




From: cgidd1@aol.comQQQ (CGidd1)
Date: 27 May 1999 22:23:17 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Chris Giddens
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: not more than 10 
Location:  Roxboro, NC (originally from Warrenton, GA)
E-mail Address:  cgidd1@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  members.aol.com/cgidd1
Marital Status:  Married to Melanie the love of my life
Children:  no... so more lego for me!
Occupation:  Youth Minister 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 90's, even before the Web... I remember ftp...
and rn for news....

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ummm... a bunch and they are all mixed.  Been
collecting since 6.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces:  over 20,000... my wife claims millions of the "little stupid
things"
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  404 Universal Building set (maybe 401)
LEGO Dark Age:  Two, end of highschool to sophomore year of college, and
graduating college to middler year of seminary.  
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: First dark age Deep Freeze Defender, second
Explorien Starship. 
Favorite Theme(s):  Anything Space.  Starwars is cool. 
Favorite Set(s):  Pod Race Set reminded me of the old days... when ya got tired
building a set.  The original space police fighter (can't remember the name,
but I have 4... modified of course) 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see:  the return of Classics from Space.
Current LEGO Project:  United Expeditionary Defense Force... a group of space
ships and vehicles to defend the lego realm from the scurge of the UFO,
Insectoids and other evil subthemes.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I've got a starship built (USS Crusader) that is
about 170 "bumps" or "pips" in length.  I'm trying to get it posted on my
future website (listed above)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm a born again Christian called to ministering to
youth.  I enjoy fishing, science fiction, reading, and basketball.  My greatest
fulfillment comes through spending time growing in Christ and loving my lovely
wife.
Rev. Chris Giddens  <><
Don't like Town Jr?
"For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor" 
Gal 2:18 (buy 'em, but make something better)  




From: "VonBroam" <broam@mail.islc.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:51:29 -0400
Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com

Name:  Michael Broam (VonBroam)
Gender:  Male
I have slayed my inner child and in its place is the Inner Barbarian
Location:  The marshlands of South Carolina.
E-mail: broam@mail.islc.net
I have no web page yet.
Marital status: engaged to a lego nut!!
Children: Eeeeew, Thats disgusting take my legos out of your mouth!! (Not
yet!!)
Ocupation: Librarian

I was a big lego nut for a long time and then in my teenage rebelious years
I gave them to my older brother for his potential kids.  DUH!!!  How could I
have been so stupid.  My fiance brought me back into the fold and I Love the
Star Wars sets.  I also enjoy the Fantasy works of Robert Jordan and am
working on modifying some of the medival sets to represent carachters from
the stories.  Legos the ultimate toys... For adults.

Other interests:  Working towards my Library Science degree,  Working with
my church (its based out of a nursing home so there is lots of ministering
to do.) and Flight simulations.




From: kelley01@sprynet.com (Brian)
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 00:17:26 -0600
Organization: Sprynet

Name:  Brian C. Kelley
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  i dunno but toys R my life nowadays :()
Location:  Minneapolis, Minnesota
E-mail Address:  kelley01@sprynet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):   
Marital Status:  not a chance
Children:  Delaney Michael whom I have yet to see due to the twisted laws
in amerikkka
Occupation:  Buy/Sell/Trade Collectible Toys/Publish and Interracial
Marriage, Relationships and childrens magazine
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Forever
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  1000+ or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  too many *hint *hint to my brother Tony
if he reads this :)
# of LEGO Pieces:  dunno
# of LEGOfests Attended:  1 here in Minneapolis (dayum I love Pizza) hehehe
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  Too poor fo dat...
First LEGO Set:  70's biplane??
LEGO Dark Age:  Age 14 to 19 about...
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Stellar Recon Voyager
Favorite Theme(s):  Town/Train/Castle/Fabuland (4 way tie)
Favorite Set(s):  #1490 Bank, #1492 Town Square
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Black Fabuland Bear, Infomaniac...all the
figures from the Town Square
Current LEGO Project:  Unfortunately selling alot of LEGO sets :(
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  120+ Fabuland sets??
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Art/Design




From: zeadeATboink.stanford.edu <spammers_suck@[127.0.0.1]>
Date: 2 Jun 1999 00:10:27 GMT
Organization: hem peh cheh

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Micah Jaffe
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  er, 11?
Location:  Palo Alto, CA
E-mail Address:  see above (remove AT with a @ in my name)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single
Children:  0
Occupation:  software developer (ObPlug: www.highwire.org)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early May '99

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  now (counting on fingers), 12.  before 1989,
  nearly all of Classic Space, a few Technic sets, yellow
  castle and knight joust, and lots and lots of "plain" sets (are they
  called freestyle now?).

# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0

# of LEGO Pieces:  mebbe around 2,000?

# of LEGOfests Attended: 0

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: One of the Universal/Basic Building sets, which one I don't
know.

LEGO Dark Age:  1989-94,94-99

First LEGO set after the Dark Age: '94, bought a single Blacktron 2 set;
'99, 7130 and 7110.  I've since gone nuts and gotten all of the episode 4-6
sets (in multiples even, gotta have more parts!) and some of the episode 1
sets.  I'm eyeing Mindstorms now, but am unsure what I'd do with it and
don't relish having to use Windoze.  When's the Linux port? ;)

Favorite Theme(s):  Classic space, knights (although I personally didn't own
much of the "new" gray stuff), Technic.  Really wish I'd kept up with Lego
as about the time I was getting tired of the increasingly specialized parts,
they came out with the pirate themes, which I woulda loved.  Oh well.

Favorite Set(s):  7140 X-Wing and 7150 Tie/Y-Wing.  I dreamed that this
would happen as a kid.  Only took nearly 20 years to come to fruition :)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I really liked the blue and black space
classic minifigs when they first debuted.  I liked finding sets that had new
colored, transparent plastic pieces.

Set/theme you would like to see:  Some Technic sets that don't look like
they suck fetid dingo kidneys (what's with all these weird, useless looking
parts in sets these days? I thought it was getting bad when I stopped
buying 'em in '89).  Millenium falcon, no matter the price.

Current LEGO Project:  Getting my "building legs" back.  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Just another Lego junkie (JALJ), really.  No
fame.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Bicycle riding, programming, music, video
games, other toys, enjoying life.




From: "William Hess" <willhess@bbnp.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:48:55 -0400
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.

Name:   William Hess
Gender:   male
Year of Birth:   1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:   ask my wife :-) / alive and well
Location:  Wilson, NC
 E-mail Address:   williamhess@SPAMCAKEbbnp.com  (you know what to do)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  working on it
 Marital Status:  married to Angela Denise Hess
Children:  Micahlynn Denise Hess, almost 2 ("I lahk" Duplo)
 Occupation:  father, Asst. Mgr. at Domino's
 On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  May 1999

 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:  approx 30
 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:  the thought never occured to me...and
has now been banished
# of LEGO Pieces:  how many does it take to fill a 20 gallon container?
 # of LEGOfests Attended:  none, nada, zilch
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  see above

 First LEGO Set:  I think it was 770, but that was soooo long ago
LEGO Dark Age:  92-99 (not counting "helping" my brother build his sets)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  7110
Favorite Theme(s):  SW Ep1, Trains (must get some!!!), Nautica, Firefighters
 Favorite Set(s):  770 (still), 7130, 497, 6353, and 8858
 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Capt. Redbeard, Nautica boat hulls, boom
>from  6358
 Set/theme you would like to see:  a return to Classic Town, Star Trek, rest
of SW Ep1 cast
 Current LEGO Project:  outfitting the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service
and Sheriff's Dept.

 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I can remember the intro of the smiley face!

 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  My family, church, computers, and softball.




From: mchiles@goldendale.net (Matthew J. Chiles)
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 05:44:06 GMT
Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Matthew J. Chiles
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Classic Space
Location:  Centerville, WA  USA
E-mail Address:  mchiles@goldendale.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.goldendale.net/buildingblocks
Marital Status:  yes, Lisa
Children:  Katherine Elizabeth, born 3/99
Occupation:  Ranch Manager and Dealer of Collectable Lego Sets (see
web page for more info)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  February 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  400 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  none - what would be the point? :)
# of LEGO Pieces:  not quite enough
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  Billund, 1989
First LEGO Set:  Basic set from early 70's
LEGO Dark Age:  None! :) :) :)

First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  n/a
Favorite Theme(s):  Space
Favorite Set(s):  Currently the Blacktron Message Intercept Base, 6987
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the space guy from set #1974
Set/theme you would like to see:  back to the basics
Current LEGO Project:  Ultra Blacktron I base (covers 15 plates so far
and uses pieces from 6 6987 sets so far, plus tons from piece
auctions)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  One of the first to be Space Complete
(well, darn close enough - still after some early Canadian minifig
sets and 1586)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  I'm one of those conservative Christian
types. :)




From: "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:30:43 -0400
Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Kevin D Salm
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  central New York State, USA
E-mail Address: kdsalm@dreamscape.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none yet
Marital Status:  single
Children:  dozens of minifigs
Occupation:  Vending Machine Route Operator for large vending company
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  December 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  650+   grows every week
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces:  who wastes time counting
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: #190 Universal Set with People (farm set) plus #195 and #197
>from  circa 1974.  First system sets were 6382 and 6363.  Also have Expert
Builder #952.

LEGO Dark Age: none
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  N/A

Favorite Theme(s):  Town, Castle, Pirate

Favorite Set(s):  8250 Technic Search Sub, 6562 Gas Stop Shop, 6339 Shuttle
Launch Pad.  Fire sets 6382, 6385, 6366. All gas station and tow truck sets
(best are 6393 and 6397)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  all gray 1x bricks.  Best minifigs are the
blue and red pirate admiral

Set/theme you would like to see: Castle sets with more peasant life--market
square, cottages.  Also    Wild West saloon and train station

Current LEGO Project:  Always sorting.  Airport with hotel and restaurant.
Soon to build a new series of Pirate and Imperial supply posts

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  have saved every box and building instruction
for every set I own (excepting second hand stuff).  Only paid $60 for
Metroliner from TRU several years ago.  One of the largest Castle set
collections anywhere.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  really none besides Lego
(updated 7-9-99)




From: Jurg Carl Zwahlen <jurgzwah@wpi.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:43:08 -0400
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:	Jurg C. Zwahlen	  
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1978  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Perpetually 14  
Location: Worcester Mass (but my roots are in New Hampshire) 
E-mail Address: jurgzwah@wpi.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none :( 
Marital Status: Happily dating for 1 1/2 years 
Children: wait until I get a real job 
Occupation: student 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1999 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: oh jeez, over a hundred 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none, that would be silly!!
# of LEGO Pieces: well into the upper thousands 
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none (I was in Denmark, I could taste
it!! Argh!)
First LEGO Set: Yellow Castle, but I got all my older brothers stuff
>from  the 70's. 
LEGO Dark Age: Sep 1992-March 1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: The new Disco Ball Lunar Rover   
Favorite Theme(s): Old Castle, Space, Pirate, Star Wars 
Favorite Set(s): All SW, BM Castle (I still want it in the worst way)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knight, small cylinder with fins 
Set/theme you would like to see: Old Castle (bring it back, bring it
back) 
Current LEGO Project: Slave 1, Millenium Falcon, a respectable castle  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I covered all the open space on my bedroom
floor with a lego space station (back in the day). 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music (singing), Aerospace, any activity
that can be done in New Hampshires White Mountains.




From: "Lex & Inge" <lexinge@telekabel.nl>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 19:59:02 +0200
Organization: TeleKabel

Name:  Lex / Inge
Gender:  Male / Female
Year of Birth:  1978 / 1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ? / ?
Location:  The Netherlands (both)
E-mail Address: lexinge@telekabel.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://huizen.dds.nl/~ingeltje
Marital Status:  no, we live just together :)
Children:  none
Occupation:  Students
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 95
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none, we like them too much :)
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea, somebody want to come and count
                                  them?
# of LEGOfests Attended: ?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland in Billund (both once)

First LEGO Set: 671 Shelltanker (Lex) 6372 Town House (Inge)
LEGO Dark Age: between 13 and 19
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6543 Sail n' Fly Marina
Favorite Theme(s):  Town/Paradisa
Favorite Set(s):  6350 Pizza to Go
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  White trainhats, trainfigs/Paradisa figs
Set/theme you would like to see: More nice houses for town
Current LEGO Project:  Making beach and mountains for our lego town

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  ?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers




From: qpanda@iwaynet.net (Mark D. McKean)
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 21:55:59 -0400
Organization: Quantum Panda

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Mark D. McKean
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  varies, ranging from around 8 up to around 16
Location:  Columbus OH USA
E-mail Address: qpanda@iwaynet.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.iwaynet.net/~qpanda/ (badly out of
date, and no LEGO stuff on it yet, but I'm working on it!)
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  none
Occupation:  dreadfully boring
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  6/99

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 51 (includes a few duplicates) 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none (I can't resist opening 'em!)
# of LEGO Pieces:  unknown at this time, but I'm trying to catalog my sets
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set: #197, "Building Set with People: Farm Set". I still have
it...at least, what parts weren't chewed up by a dog with a taste for
plastic (same dog that decimated my collection of original Star Wars
action figures <sigh>)
LEGO Dark Age: 1990-95, while I was in college (150 miles away from my LEGO!)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  not sure...I think it was 8824,
Technic Hovercraft.
Favorite Theme(s): Space 
Favorite Set(s):  the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter and Naboo Fighter
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I have a soft spot in my heart for the
"classic" Space minifigs.
Set/theme you would like to see: I'd love to see TLG expand on the SF
licensing and add Star Trek and Babylon 5 themes.
Current LEGO Project:  Cataloging all my sets and pieces, after which I'll
work on some Babylon 5 ships (starting with a minifig-scale Thunderbolt
Starfury, which I have about half planned)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none that I know of.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  SF of all kinds, anime, music (all genres),
collecting panda-themed stuff




From: Chris Gray <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:10:28 GMT
Organization: @Home Network Canada

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Chris Gray
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1952
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  < 12
Location:  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
E-mail Address: cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.graysage.edmonton.ab.ca/cg/Toys/Lego
Marital Status:  s
Children:  0
Occupation:  paid nerd
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1997?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  151 + 8 MegaBloks
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  53K + 18K MegaBloks
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 1879 bucket
LEGO Dark Age: N/A - no Lego as a child!
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  N/A
Favorite Theme(s):  castle, model team, big technic
Favorite Set(s):  6090
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  grey bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: old castle re-issued
Current LEGO Project:  ah, errr..

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  most pieces with nothing useful done?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers, MUDs, fiction




From: "Russell Clark" <rclark@telis.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:36:31 -0700
Organization: BayLUG

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Russell Clark
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  2-14-75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  San Jose, CA USA
E-mail Address:  rclark@telis.org
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://baylug.org/russellc
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  copy center coordinator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  600+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  30+
# of LEGO Pieces:  not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended:  4
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  1 (Carlsbad)

First LEGO Set:  6363 Auto Repair Shop
LEGO Dark Age:  1989-1995
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6525, 6340, 6614, 6336, 6516 (all at
once)
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains, and of course Star Wars!
Favorite Set(s):  Star Wars
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  firefighter
Set/theme you would like to see: Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner
Current LEGO Project:  founding and setting up BayLUG

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  interviewing to become a LEGO merchandiser

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  camping, computers, model trains

Russell Clark
http://baylug.org/russellc/
ICQ: 39423705




From: "Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:34:31 +1000
Organization: Telstra Big Pond Cable - Sydney Site 1

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:
  Paul Baulch

Gender:
  Male

Year of Birth:
  1971

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
  Hmm, that's a tough one. I'm a lot more mature than most people I know,
and they don't play with Lego... let's say my Creative Leisure age is about
11.

Location:
  Melbourne, Australia

E-mail Address:
 paul@vic.bigpond.net.au

LEGO/home page URL(s):
  Still talking to Telstra BigPond about that one.

Marital Status:
  Single - anyone here want to move to Australia and marry me? The weathers
fantastic down here at the moment.... ;)

Children:
  Yeah, mine are gonna love my Lego. They'd better, I didn't buy this stuff
just for me. Well, not quite ;)

Occupation:
  Computer games programmer (Ever played "Krush, Kill N Destroy"? Or the
sequel?)

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:
 The Wednesday before this roll call.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:
  Maybe thirty or fourty, it more than doubled since I gained an income.

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
  Whaaaaat?!?!? Like, zero! What's it made for! What an unpleasantly
repressive concept, not opening your Lego!... eeeugh. ;)

# of LEGO Pieces:
  Probably no more than eight kilograms' worth, but it doubled since I
gained an income. Help me! I have too much money! Somebody sell me a #928
for a stupidly high sum!!!! Or marry me ;)

# of LEGOfests Attended:
  What, here in Australia ?!? If only Lego were an official sporting event
:(

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:
 Zero, but I've been to all of the Lego World Shows that toured here in
Melbourne.

First LEGO Set:
  Either 357 (Fire Station) or 382 (Tow truck and car)  Probably still have
all the pieces but that's all....  any takers? ;)

LEGO Dark Age:
  The start of my Biochmistry course at University, although Lego was really
just replaced by molecular models, which are sort of a chemistry Lego. Then
it was computer games, now its Lego and computer games.

First LEGO set after the Dark Age:
  #6897 (Space Police) - It was love at first sight (See below)

Favorite Theme(s):
  Space, Space, Space, Space, Space and Space. When I get sick of Space
though, I tend to play around with... Space ;)
  Hmmm, I liked Castle a bit when I was younger, because my sisters kind of
got into Castle a bit more easily than Space. I've got one #6080 and two
#6073's worth of Castle minifigs and wall pieces in excellent condition
which I could theoretically be convinced to part with....

Favorite Set(s):
  Probably #6897 - The epitome of beautiful form, elegant function,
holiday-portable size,  topped off with a good guy AND a bad guy in the one
set! Play VALUE!!!!! I tells ya if this set had been around when I was ten,
I'm sure my body would have stopped growing :)

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
  Without doubt it is any ramp/slope piece. Normal or inverted, shallow or
steep, slopey bits rule! Anyone with several thousand slopey bits after some
Castle bits?

Set/theme you would like to see:
  A more elegant hybrid of Technic and minifigs. Giant unfurling spaceships
with ten different Technic abilities in one. More glamour than a straight
Technic set and more mechanical functionality than your typical minifig set.
Can be done, and IMO should be done.

Current LEGO Project:
 Imperial AT-AT walker (currently about 25" long sorry no pics yet!) I think
I need to buy a couple more Sith Infiltrators as I've run out of grey plates
and I haven't done the legs yet! D'OH!!!! Must finish it though, as it's
looking very much like the, er, "real" thing. I was thinking of making a
Technic "cycloid" walking mechanism but haven't had any good ideas yet....
anyone else looked into this?

A secondary minor project is adaptation of a 4WD 4W-steering 4W-susp chassis
for radio control (sure, not very original), the main aim being to cut the
weight of pieces down to a bare minimum while still being quite sturdy - a
satisfying challenge. Obviously this is mainly using the #8880 Super Car
components.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Heh. Not much. A few years ago I posted a design to RTL and also to a very
early Lego (NOT Web)site (this is before the Web, boys and girls).
It was a (quite large) blue-grey-t'yellow (Classic space scheme?)  ship
called the "Shiva 1" and the email in the image was
"shnub@zikzak.apana.org.au" (NOT a valid email!!!!) which was my old email
address. I still have the pics of this and a few other lego creations and if
Telstra BigPond allows me a site then I'll certainly put them on the Web for
all to see.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

 Computers, astronomy, molecular biology, name something incredibly geeky
and I'm interested. Oh, except miniatures.
 Play my computer games, please!!! :)




From: Toki Barron <tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 15:32:41 -0500
Organization: The University of Iowa

Name: Toki Barron
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: let's say about 10
Location: Iowa City, IA until 9/99, Pittsburgh, PA thereafter
E-mail Address: tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet
Marital Status: s
Children: none that I know of :-)
Occupation: student (soon to be unemployed engineer)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/99
>
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6
# of LEGO Pieces: a lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
>
First LEGO Set: 760 London Bus (I think)
LEGO Dark Age: 9/88 or so until 6/99
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7110 Landspeeder and 7150 Tie Fighter &
Y-Wing
Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron I, Star Wars
Favorite Set(s): nothing in particular
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Vader
Set/theme you would like to see: tons of SW stuff, but I imagine everything I
want to see will be released
Current LEGO Project: partial Death Star (I just don't have the bricks or the
money to build a minifig scale DS, which would be about 2 miles in diameter!)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: playing ice hockey, weight lifting




From: "April McDonald" <musicmakers88@mindhatespamspring.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:35:44 -0700
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Tom McDonald
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15
Location:  Castro Valley CA
E-mail Address:  radiotitan@yaSPAMCAKEhoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://radiotitan.8m.com (but will change soon)
Marital Status:  M
Children:  1
Occupation:  Radio Announcer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  don't know anymore
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  1 insectoid polybag
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~15,000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  some universal set from 1970, but I remember 570 as my 2nd
and 3rd sets (I remember playing with Samsonite Lego in pre-school)
LEGO Dark Age:  1984
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  can't remember
Favorite Theme(s):  space, town, train
Favorite Set(s):  7150 TIE and Y-Wing
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2x2 turntables, clear radar guns from 452
Mobile Tracking Station, Majisto in green
Set/theme you would like to see: Amusement Park theme (done right, not like
City Center stuff)

Current LEGO Project:  Desert Space Refueling Station

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  nothing yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  family, radio, Star Trek and more




From: boneboney@aol.com (Bone Boney)
Date: 11 Jul 1999 06:20:58 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Damian Garcia
Gender:  male
Year of Birth: 1973 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Texas
E-mail Address: boneybone@geocities.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  not yet...
Marital Status:  married
Children:  2
Occupation:  PT
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40-ish
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  yeah, right
# of LEGO Pieces:  ...add the 9, carry the 1...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set:  one of those old ones with big headed people
LEGO Dark Age: 1991 to 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8829
Favorite Theme(s):  Star Wars
Favorite Set(s):  X-Wing
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  piece: 30360 minifig:  M-Tron custom
Set/theme you would like to see: Set:  Millennium Falcon Theme:  space police
III
Current LEGO Project:  An aggressive Rebel Fleet

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Huh?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  none known

=============================================================================




From: Rich <"rich"@ bit.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 22:04:23 GMT

Name: Rich Thompson
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Memphis, TN
E-mail Address: richone@midsouth.rr.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.marsrobot.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: Nerd Herder
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces: 10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (well in August)

First LEGO Set: can't remember, it was the 70s after all
LEGO Dark Age: 1980-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Mindstorms
Favorite Theme(s): Model Team
Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX
Set/theme you would like to see: Transformers
Current LEGO Project: Building things I saw at the US space and rocket center

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: some cool robots at www.marsrobot.com

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Programming, basic nerd fare




From: calano@aol.com (CAlano)
Date: 12 Jul 1999 06:23:24 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Chris Alano
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Almost as curious as a cat
Location:  Huntington Beach, CA, USA
E-mail Address: calano@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None Yet
Marital Status:  Haven't asked yet
Children:  SO's 3 kittens and dog
Occupation:  Structures Design Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  late 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  @250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: <20
# of LEGO Pieces:  >40,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Opening day LegoLand California

First LEGO Set: 190, Farm Set
LEGO Dark Age: None, but college sure was sparse
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  N/A
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Space
Favorite Set(s):  8480
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  RCX
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek, of course
Current LEGO Project:  Mars Rover

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Ultimate, Science Fiction, MST3K, Canoeing,
Backpacking, Scuba, WindSurfing, music, Pinky and the Brain, anything from
Termite Terrace, Books




From: Timbo <tcoats@cyberis.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:54:23 -0700
Organization: GST Whole Earth Networks

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Timothy D. Coats
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-15
Location: Eugene, Oregon
E-mail Address: tcoats@cyberis.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.cyberis.net/~tcoats/models.htm
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Business Manager/Consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approximately 110
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12-15 (Most of these are for
sale/trade bait, so I don't necessarily consider them in the
collection)
# of LEGO Pieces: somewhere between 15000-20000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Denmark, in 1980
First LEGO Set: unknown, probably some basic set from the 1970's
LEGO Dark Age: June 1988 - December 1997 (Though I actually did buy
about 12 sets in that time.  I just never built them.)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: El Dorado Fortress (Found this for
$3.00 at Goodwill almost complete.)
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Star Wars 
Favorite Set(s): BSB
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): scorpion, blue imperial guard with
backpack and high hat
Set/theme you would like to see: Zoo/Safari w/ LOTS of new animals
(Playmobil kicks Lego's butt in this department.)
Current LEGO Project: Pirate Supply Base (currently 3'x5' or so)  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Mine is more infamy. I failed to get me
Legoland drivers liscense because I drove across the tracks when the
train was coming.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drawing, Painting, Aquariums, Warhammer,
Writing, ...




From: John Marshall <johmar@numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au>
Date: 13 Jul 1999 02:34:29 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, RMIT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:		John Marshall  
Gender: 	Male 
Year of Birth:	1977  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:	12-ish  
Location: 	Melbourne, Australia 
E-mail Address:	johmar@cs.rmit.edu.au
LEGO/home page URL(s):	http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johmar
(not ready yet but will be a shrine to 12V Trains :-)  
Marital Status: 	Single 
Children:		No way - they'd steal my Lego  
Occupation: 	Student / HP Engineer next year 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 	On & off since 1996 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 	Umm, probably 100+ 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:	Yuk. None.
# of LEGO Pieces: 	Tens of thousands 
# of LEGOfests Attended:	Zip :-(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:	None sadly :-( 

First LEGO Set:	Umm, the early-80s Snack Bar (set#?) 
LEGO Dark Age:	High School I guess, 1989 - 1994 ish
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: a huge load of 12V track
at a garage sale - a massive FOTW that fired me up again! 
Favorite Theme(s): 	The Three T's: Train, Town (classic) and Technic. 
Favorite Set(s): 	7740 (TEE) was a beautiful thing. 
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 	12V points & signals (sad I know) 
Set/theme you would like to see:	A return to the superior 12V system!! 
Current LEGO Project: 	A massive town & train layout with giant
Technic bridges. Now I just need somewhere to put it. 

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being nostalgic for the 80's ? 	 

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, music, motor racing (F1) 




From: Dan Kees <djkees@home.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 06:56:51 GMT
Organization: @Home Network

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Dan Kees
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  16 Although my girlfriend might say younger
Location:  Fremont, CA
E-mail Address:  djkees@home.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Working on that
Marital Status:  Avoiding at all costs...
Children:  Nope
Occupation:  Process Engineer for CD Manufacturer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  April, 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0...I don't think I could keep a set
unopened if I wanted to
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,500
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 Although, I'm planning a trip to
Carlsbad in August

First LEGO Set: 588 Police Headquarters  This is the first one I really
remember.  I know I had some larger LEGO (now DUPLO) and some basic sets
before that.
LEGO Dark Age: 1989 - 1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  7110 Landspeeder  THANK YOU STAR
WARS!  I got a few other sets through the years, but they really didn't count.
Favorite Theme(s):  Star Wars, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8860 Auto Chassis
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  All shock absorbers...love'em
Set/theme you would like to see:  MARBLE MADDNESS  These sets would
build those crazy marble mazes that I used to play with when I was
younger.  I used to build them out of LEGO.  It would be great to have
multiple sets that you could link together.
Current LEGO Project:  Episode 1 MTT Large Transport...with full 112
Droid rack...bring on the Naboo Swamps!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I'd have to say swallowing many LEGO
pieces.  I used to be a real biter when I was younger and I'd often end
up swallowing pieces.  Once I swallowed one of those hourglass shaped
pieces they used for landing gear on classic LEGO Space sets!  Never did
see those again...hmmm...wonder if LEGO is digestible...probably not.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Chainmaille Armour, Camping, Anything
Macintosh, Screen Printing.




From: "Duckie Dave" <Duck@clowes-till-crafts.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:12:10 +0100
Organization: Customer of Planet Online

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:         David Till
Gender:        Male
Year of Birth:       '76
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  7-14
Location:        North Devon, UK
E-mail Address:      Duck@clowes-till-crafts.freeserve.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):      www.geocities.com/Paris/4192
Marital Status:       single
Children:                          Almost 1k minifigs
Occupation:                        Recent graduate, looking for work.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:            '95 ?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     ~450
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  50
# of LEGO Pieces:      ~75000
# of LEGOfests Attended:      0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:     Big shop in windsor.

First LEGO Set:                    Big wooden box
LEGO Dark Age:              2000-2015 if TLG continue juniorising
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: The next real set
Favorite Theme(s):                 Technic, Star Wars, Anything with
minifigs.
Favorite Set(s):                   ? All of them ?
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   See above
Set/theme you would like to see:   We need a Fantasy theme
Current LEGO Project:       Unpacking from uni, and house move.

Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame:      Winning a 8094 before it became
available,
       Giant wasp named Justin, see URL,
       Built props for a play from Znap.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:      Mechanics, photography, computers, music,
women, Alcohol.




Reply-To: "Ton Reesink" <reesink@casema.net>
From: "Ton Reesink" <reesink@casema.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 21:08:12 +0200
Organization: Ton Reesink
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Ton Reesink
Gender:  male
Year of Birth: My true age is about three times my mental age :)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Breda, The Netherlands
E-mail Address: reesink@casema.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.casema.net/~reesink/
Marital Status: living together with Selina
Children:  1 and myself
Occupation:  sales manager IT
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: june 1997

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 230
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 20 for trades :)
# of LEGO Pieces:  about 40K
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: ??
LEGO Dark Age: I do not remember ....
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8880 Super Car
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Train
Favorite Set(s):  8450 Cyber Master / Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  RCX
Set/theme you would like to see: cranes
Current LEGO Project:  geeting my Technic collection complete

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Stadium trades all over the world

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  reading, dining, computers, Selina




From: atnadastra@my-deja.com
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 20:00:58 GMT
Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Steve Nunemaker
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Scranton, PA
E-mail Address:atnadlux@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  married
Children:  1
Occupation:  programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  lurking since 1995

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  too many to count
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:none
# of LEGO Pieces:  unknown, but I have over 300 minifigs
# of LEGOfests Attended:none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none

First LEGO Set:helicopter set at age 7
LEGO Dark Age:1980-1993
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: "Black Monarch's Ghost"
Favorite Theme(s):  Star Wars, are you kidding?
Favorite Set(s):  all of them
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Vader
Set/theme you would like to see: Military Legos
Current LEGO Project:  Technic Robot w/video camera

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Rocketry, Star Wars




From: "Jun Yu" <junyu@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:18:46 -0700
Organization: University of California at Berkeley

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  jun yu
Gender:  m
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13
Location:  berkeley, ca
E-mail Address:  junyu@uclink4.berkeley.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  single
Children:  inner child
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~6000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: carlsbad

First LEGO Set: 856 expert builder buldozer
LEGO Dark Age: '87-'94
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8880 supercar
Favorite Theme(s):  space, technic, expert builder
Favorite Set(s):  6929, 6950, 8880, 8480
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  ,
Set/theme you would like to see:  technic sets in brown and tan, and no more
corrugated pipes
Current LEGO Project:  supercar sized offroad vehicle with homemade wheels
and independent pneumatic disc brakes.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  i probably have more bitemarks on my legos
than anyone else. some of my older pieces are rrecognizeable

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  swimming, mountain biking, model building,
computers




From: "Brian B." <bribat@sssnet.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 18:38:33 -0400
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Brian Batdorf
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  14
Location:  Ohio
E-mail Address: bribat@sssnet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  n/a
Marital Status:  M
Children:  just me :)
Occupation:  concrete transport engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  early 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 20+
# of LEGO Pieces:  30,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Carlsbad

First LEGO Set: ?
LEGO Dark Age: 1984 - 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8440 Formula Flash
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Model Team, Star Wars
Favorite Set(s):  8880 Super Car, 8480 Space Shuttle, 952 Farm Tractor, 5571
Monster Big Rig, too many to list.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  all LEGO pieces are my favorite.
Set/theme you would like to see: ? ... I'll have to think about this one!
Current LEGO Project:  Low Boy Trailer for the 5580 Highway Rig
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  n/a
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Travel




From: snafu@io.com (Stephen F Roberts)
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 22:52:32 GMT
Organization: The Moose Illuminati

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Stephen F Roberts
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  15/quite healthy
Location:  Fredericksburg/Northern Virginia
E-mail Address: roberts@wildlink.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  wildlink.com/lego/
Marital Status:  married
Children:  2
Occupation:  Oracle DBA/Designer/Web Genius
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  40+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :-(

First LEGO Set: long long long lost in the midsts of time
LEGO Dark Age: 1986 - 1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Star Wars Snowspeeder
Favorite Theme(s):  Train
Favorite Set(s):  8880 Supercar
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  2x4 standard brick (there's nothing u cant do
with them!)
Set/theme you would like to see: Roman
Current LEGO Project:  Building a small town around my growing collection of
train stuffe

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  The NOVA LTC

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers & the scifi channel




From: Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 16:24:57 -0700
Organization: CompuServe Interactive Services

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Kevin Wilson
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  17
Location:  North Vancouver, BC, Canada
E-mail Address: kwilson_tcs@compuserve.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): 
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/Lego.html
Marital Status:  D
Children:  1 daughter, 15 y/o
Occupation:  Independent Software developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Jan 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (not counting sets for sale)
# of LEGO Pieces:  30-40,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Windsor)

First LEGO Set: Some 1960's basic sest
LEGO Dark Age: 1970 - 1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Flying Time Vessel
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains, Town
Favorite Set(s):  4555
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  
Set/theme you would like to see: Famous buildings, Ancient Greece & Rome
Current LEGO Project:  Monorail version of local "Skytrain" rapid
transit system.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Classical music, SCA, model railroads,
volunteering at my daughter's school, gardening, DIY, quilting.




From: regult@aol.com (Jeff Christner)
Date: 06 Aug 1999 23:54:56 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Jeff Christner
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: around 12
Location:  Parma Hts, OH (Cleveland Area)
E-mail Address:  regult@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://members.aol.com/regult/
Marital Status:  Married
Children: One on the way.
Occupation:  Freight Train Conductor for Norfolk Southern
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  late 94'

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Can't keep accurate count anymore.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15+
# of LEGO Pieces: Too many, yet not enough.
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: I think it was 570 fire house.
LEGO Dark Age: Between 1981 and 1990
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6389 - Fire Control Center and a few others
all bought at once. 
Favorite Theme(s):  Formerly Town, now I'm not sure anymore.
Favorite Set(s):  6389 - Fire Control Center
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any elements that I can use to build fire
apparatus
Set/theme you would like to see: The demise of Town Jr.
Current LEGO Project:  As always, designing fire apparatus for my fake company,
Sixby Fire Tech.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Displayed on the internet the first conventional
six wide fire apparatus on 10/30/97.
Coined the word sixby (six-bee) which is now used by many when refering to six
wide town vehicles.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Current events, Mecha, and Anime.

Jeff Christner

Visit Sixby Fire Tech at - http://members.aol.com/regult/

Help support my LEGO habit. Ship by rail.
Visit http://www.nscorp.com/ to find out how.




From: "Ceryn" <creneverson@gci.net>
Date: 7 Aug 1999 04:01:53 GMT
Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Ceryn Everson (no not my real name. Not gonna give that out on
here. Sorry)
Gender:  um, can't say. I like it when people are confused.:)
Year of Birth: Privliged info  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Probably 5 years behind I'd guess. 
Location:  Alaska
E-mail Address: creneverson@gci.net (note: See aboave!)
LEGO/home page URL(s):  too lazy
Marital Status:  nNO body LIIIKES meeeeeee. *snif* Besides,  I HATE that
dateing scene
Children: none of my own, but do lots of 'take care of's of someone
else's.
Occupation:  Shlupping it up in Toys R Us. 
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  last month.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  20 big ones, 30-40 minor ones. and a few
that were bought just for parts.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ONE, but that's because I got 3 others
of it now.
# of LEGO Pieces: ...  ok, 2 1200 tubs, 4 800 tubs, 3 600 tubs, various
sets... add the 4, take away 2,...
 hmmmm,    ...  ehhh, odd guess I'd say 10,000 or so. But I wanna get up to
the MEGA collector level,
 like the dude that made the Titanic. He's my HERO!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None, but am trying to convince manager at store
to 
 try and have a lego sealed deck contest, where they get a small box of
freestyle, and one or two
 random sets, and they have a set period of time to make something
interesting in various catagories.
  Problem is, we can't charge for this, so we end up giveing the small sets
away.
  I'm trying to work around this.

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Gimme 5 days and I'll answer YES to this!
 Going to SanDiego in 4 days! YAAAAAYYYY

First LEGO Set: ... technicly, it has to be one of those, what we term
now as, freestyle sets.
  But the Space Crusier set, was my first REAL set, followed by the Galaxy
Explorer, 
 and was hooked for the LONGEST time.
LEGO Dark Age:  gotta be from the early 80s untill recently.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Landspeeder. That set me off, though I
did get a couple of the blacktron
 sets from the first run of those, I thought they sucked compared to the
original space sets. Still do, but
 I kick myself for not getting more.
Favorite Theme(s):  Original Space series, though I would have liked to
get the Explorians series.
Favorite Set(s):  Actually I liked the Sith Infiltrater, though it should
have been at a better scale I feel.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Female Insetoid. Put a black hair bit
on her and she looks cute.
Set/theme you would like to see: Would like to see a Town Home series, or
at least a more contemperary 
 sets. The original Paradisia sets were a step in the right direction, but
we need to go further.
 Belview does NOT cut it. 
Current LEGO Project:  The TOWER. 25 level in the base, and a sphere like
structure on top.
  The *ahem* legistics of such a project are somewhat daunting, especially
money wise, but I figure if I 
 snag cheap ass sets, I'll get there.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Nothing really yet.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers. Anime, Jpop. Gold Digger. Used to
have RPG in there but 
 kinda fell out of that due to falling out of group I was with. feh.




From: "David Leese" <MRLEESE@genius1.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 16:12:04 +0100
Organization: Customer of Planet Online

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  David A. Leese
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 11
Location:  Cheshire, England, UK
E-mail Address: mrleese@genius1.freeserve.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Teacher in training
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  April 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Nine
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Seven
# of LEGO Pieces:  Uncounted, but not masses!
# of LEGOfests Attended: Nil.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Nil

First LEGO Set: 918, many years ago.
LEGO Dark Age:  1986-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  5918 Sam Grant's Scorpion
Favorite Theme(s):  Blacktron / Insectoids / UFO
Favorite Set(s):  6817 Insectoid Mosquito
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  UFO:  grey/black body, grey body armour,
black helmet
Set/theme you would like to see:  Modern space minifig set.
Current LEGO Project:  Trying to find some display space for my collection!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Working on it!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computing, Chemistry, cricket.




From: SSD_Executor@bigfoot.com (Pat Talken)
Organization: Your Organization
Date: 7 Aug 1999 18:42:22 -0500

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Patrick B. Talken
Gender:  MALE
Year of Birth: 1971 
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Shreveport, La
E-mail Address: ptalken@shreve.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  N/A
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation: USAF/Enlisted/B-52 Bombing Navigation Systems Specialist  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  2 August 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:   18
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 18
# of LEGO Pieces:  ??
# of LEGOfests Attended: There are LEGO Conventions?? When and Where?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: That I can remember is Galaxy Explorer (AWESOME SET) 
LEGO Dark Age: approx 13 years long
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6445 Emergency Evac (I LOVE THIS SET) 
Favorite Theme(s):  RES Q, NINJA, WILD WEST, ADVENTURERS
Favorite Set(s):  TIE Fighter/Y-Wing, Aerial Evac, Emergency Evac, Naboo 
Fighter
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Battle Droid from SW EP1, Rebel
Pilots, RES q mini figs
Set/theme you would like to see: a new BLACKTRON series
Current LEGO Project: none

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Hockey, Reading, Politics, Internet




From: jjcjunior@aol.com (JJCjunior)
Date: 08 Aug 1999 01:53:05 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
From: "A.C. Terry" <toorude@execpc.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 21:26:17 -0500
Organization: ExecPC Internet - Milwaukee, WI

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Joel Michael Kuester

Gender: M

Year of Birth: 1975

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: !?! ...15

Location: Milwaukee, Wi

E-mail Address: septenemae@hotmail.com

LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.tripod.com/minispy/index.html

Marital Status: single as heck.

Children: none I am aware of.

Occupation: Software/console game retail store manager

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 (mostly lurking)
>
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: estimated at 400+

# of Unopened Sets in Collection: NONE! Lego must be played with.

# of LEGO Pieces: NO WAY can I count them!

# of LEGOfests Attended:

2 large travelling shows, unless you count the yearly Lego show at Summerfest
here in Milwaukee, then I have been to about 15 or 16.

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:

None.  unless you count that little one at The Mall of America.

First LEGO Set:  must have been a yellow Fabuland car.

LEGO Dark Age: none (yes, I'm THAT dorky)

I never *stopped* playing with Lego, in High School, I just didn't play with
them as much as when I was a kid.  Since going to college, I play and buy
Lego more than ever. (my parents aren't around to yell at me for buying
"yet another Lego set").

First LEGO set after the Dark Age: ummmmmm...

Favorite Theme(s):

Star Wars, Castle, some Technic and Model Team
Ninja is nice too, and Adventurers has great parts, but the sets are lame.

>
Favorite Set(s):

well, the first really big set I ever got was the first yellow castle,
so I remember it rather fondly.  I got it as a birthday present at my
aunt's house, and I clearly remember running to my cousin's room,
closing the door, and not coming out until it was fully completed.

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  hmmm... the best minifig has to be

Darth Vader... even my mom loved him, and she dreads my Lego habit.

Set/theme you would like to see:

the "Super Heroes" idea mentioned earlier has great potential to revitalize the
Town.

Current LEGO Project:

Slave I

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

I have one of the better Millennium Falcons on the net.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

I collect Transformers.  I also have a large CD collection (600+
albums) of ska-jazz, reggae, 60's latin/south american, exotica and
lounge music.




From: Juhana Siren <Juhana.Siren@oulu.fi>
Date: 07 Aug 1999 10:58:52 +0300
Organization: University of Oulu

Name:  Juhana Siren
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  about 12
Location:  Oulu, Finland
E-mail Address: Juhana.Siren@oulu.fi
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none at the moment
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  System administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  currently only one, having just returned
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  haven't counted
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: cannot recall - probably some 70's Duplo set
LEGO Dark Age: circa 1993 to 1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8459
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, Trains, Town
Favorite Set(s):  7740, although I never had it :)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  -
Set/theme you would like to see:  1) working accessories for 9 V trains, 
                                  2) residential buildings for Town.
Current LEGO Project:  Just finished (motor with gearbox), thinking of next

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 3rd prize in a building contest in 1989
(arranged by Viking Line, a car ferry operator between Finland and Sweden)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  model railroading, music (singing, keyboards)




From: Reinhard Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de>
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:33:19 +0200
Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany

Name: Reinhard (Ben) Beneke

Gender:

M

Year of Birth:

1969

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:

What child? I'm serious in LEGO!

Location:

Brunswick, Northern Germany

E-mail Address:

r.beneke@tu-bs.de

LEGO/home page URL(s):

http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/ben_abs.html
(I know it's quite complicated)

Marital Status:

single with girl-friend (she's not really in LEGO yet, but nearly infected)

Children:

none I know of and I hope this state will last for a long time....

Occupation:

Mechanical Engineer

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:

04/98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:

something around 330 different ones

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:

not more than 6

# of LEGO Pieces:

76.000 for sure (probably  more)

# of LEGOfests Attended:

??

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:

1 (Billund: 2 times)

First LEGO Set:

653 (from 1973) is the first I remember....

LEGO Dark Age:

I had no Dark Age, but a less active time from 1988 to 1996

First LEGO set after the Dark Age:

5571 Giant Truck

Favorite Theme(s):

trains, large vehicles, model team, old expert builder sets (<1978), technic

Favorite Set(s):

810, 7740, 8860, 383, 398, 5571, 375, 7750, 8851, 392

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):

The well known brick with 8 studs!

Set/theme you would like to see:

a revival of the 12 V train theme / non juniorized 9V trains

Current LEGO Project:

building further trains and buildings, searching for bargains.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:

I built the longest (Lego) bridge, known in the net (4.1 meters!)

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:

books, music (Tool, dEUS, The Notwist), inline skating, my job




From: foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu (J.D. Forinash)
Date: 8 Aug 1999 14:04:15 -0400
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  J.D. Forinash
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  '73
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  About 12. Strangely enough, this hasn't
	gone up in the past three years since the last one of these.
Location:  Atlanta, GA
E-mail Address:  foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Lego: 
	http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/1042
			non-Lego:
	http://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/home/foxtrot
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  One, J.D., age 26.
Occupation:  System Administration Weenie.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  I wasn't sure last time, but at least since 1995.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Sets? You mean they come in sets?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  6. Still. The same ones, even.
# of LEGO Pieces:  Not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: Way back I remember both a fire station and a blue and grey 
        space ship called the Galaxy Explorer. How I wish I still had all the 
        parts to that Galaxy Explorer... all the grey wings I have, however, 
        are the left-side ones. Go fig...
	(three years later, I still haven't got any more right-side wings...)

LEGO Dark Age: From about age 14 or so to age... uh... 20ish?
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  I don't recall. I expect it would have 
	been a 1993 or 1994 release, but it's been a while.
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, space.
Favorite Set(s):  See "# of sets in collection".
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Grey ones. Still.
Set/theme you would like to see:  Well, in the "completely dreaming" 
department, Babylon 5 Lego sets would be cooler than the other side of the
pillow, but problematic from a scale perspective-- you simply can't market 
a five-mile-long space station even if it's only in minifig scale. :) My 
first few attempts at minifig-scale Starfuries, however, have bombed. 

Current LEGO Project:  I never did finish that thumpin' huge castle from 
three years ago-- I'd get so far, and come up with better ideas. So I've
_still_ got a large (64x96 stud) castle in the works.

With all of my grey pieces tied up in a disarray I keep trying to call a 
castle, I still haven't built that Millenium Falcon.

The othert thing I'm working on (using yet more grey pieces) is another 
extension for my Galactic Mediator++. It's still not big enough.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  None. I'm still boring.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Classic videogame consoles (Intellivision, 
primarily, but I also own a Nintrendo 8-bit, an Atari 7800, and hell, even 
a Sega Genesis), automobiles ('99 Dodge Dakota R/T, '70 Plymouth Fury 
convertible, '69 Coronet 440. Mopar. :) ), auto racing (Preferrably 
NASCAR Winston Cup, but hell, I'll watch anything go fast. I'd like to get 
into SCCA and do the going fast myself, but that'd take another automobile, 
and I just don't have the space for the three I have... :) ), card games 
(Favorites being Wizard, Skat and Spades, but I'll play almost anything that 
doesn't require betting real money)...




From: s.a.campbell@felonytospamlarc.nasa.gov (Steve Campbell)
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 15:39:47 -0400
Organization: NASA Graphics

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Steve Campbell
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8-11
Location:  Newport News, VA
E-mail Address:  litehous@widomaker.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
Marital Status:  M
Children:  1 - 2 years and change
Occupation:  Computer artist, animator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  March 1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  approx. 70
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx 50
# of LEGO Pieces:  HAHAHAHAHA if I had time to count they'd all be built!
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 001 Classic Gears
LEGO Dark Age: 1977-1991, 1993-1998 (this one is more like a grey age)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6270 Forbidden island, 6289 Red
Beard Runner
Favorite Theme(s):  Pirates, Adventurers, Star Wars
Favorite Set(s):  6277 Imperial Trading Post
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Adventurers truck from 5988,
Soldier/Imperial Guard
Set/theme you would like to see:  International Pirate ships, Classic
Pirate ships, Pirates, Pirates, and more Adventurers.
Current LEGO Project:  The Perilous Pirate Page

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters,
Norfolk, VA Lego display

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Roller/ice hockey, cartoons, MST3K,
Microbrew beer, computer games, roller coasters




From: redstorm63@aol.com (RedStorm63)
Date: 08 Aug 1999 21:08:32 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Brandon Lovelace
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  11
Location:  North Carolina
E-mail Address: redstorm63@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none
Marital Status:  long term relationship
Children:  none
Occupation:  referee
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1999 

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ 
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces:  5,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: #6392 Airport
LEGO Dark Age: 1990-1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6463 Lunar Rover  
Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, Space,   
Favorite Set(s):  #1682 Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Any Blacktron I figure
Set/theme you would like to see: movie tie-ins 
Current LEGO Project:  rebuilding the town i had created about 10 years ago

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  sports




From: zange@webtv.net (V. Margaret McKenney)
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:18:58 -0700 (PDT)
Organization: WebTV Subscriber

Name: Andy Mckenney
Date of birth 4/25/66
Gender: male
Age of inner child 12
Locacation: Eugene,OR
E mail address Vera Margaret @webtv.net
Lego page none
Marital statuses/ single
Occupation: instructinal aide to mildly disabled students.

# of sets: 20
# of unopened sets:0
# of pieces: have not counted yet
# of Legofests:0

First Lego set:Ambulance with Helicopter #460
Lego Dark age 1986 to 1993
First Lego set after Dark age:6538 Rebel
hot rod got two of them cause they were 
cool!
Current Lego project: Putting my Lego Moon landig set to gether and
building a small lego city.

Other interests:Drawing,swimming,listining to my scanner.




From: Horst_Lehner@bb.maus.de (Horst Lehner)
Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?MAUS_B=F6blingen_(+49-7031-714550)?=
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 11:44:00 +0200

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Horst Lehner
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  somewhere between 7 and 16
Location:  Böblingen/Germany
E-mail Address:  Horst_Lehner@bb.maus.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/index.htm
Marital Status:  married
Children:  1
Occupation:  Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:     about 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  about 10
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea ...
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  1 (Billund/Denmark

First LEGO Set:  723
LEGO Dark Age:  1980-98
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  7740
Favorite Theme(s):  Trains, Town, Technic
Favorite Set(s):  8880, 7725 (still searching ...)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  white arches
Set/theme you would like to see:  any non-juniorized
Current LEGO Project:  Getting all the new stuff sorted

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
  First and most complete collection of european catalogs online:
    http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/index.htm
  Started a collection of sticker scans online:
    http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/aufkleb/index.htm

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Family, Computers




From: liam@pegasus (Liam Parnell)
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:07:36 GMT
Reply-To: liam@document.co.uk

Name: Liam
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 27/03/75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Has not changed
Location: UK
E-mail Address: liamp@ukonline.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://web.ukonline.co.uk/liamp/
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurker since 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I have no idea.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: I play with them, I don't count them
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Billund

First LEGO Set: Universal building set circa 1977
LEGO Dark Age: 1987 - 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8032

Favorite Theme(s): Town, Divers, Paradisa, Classic Space

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurker since 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I have no idea.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: I play with them, I don't count them
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Billund

First LEGO Set: Universal building set circa 1977
LEGO Dark Age: 1987 - 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8032

Favorite Theme(s): Town, Divers, Paradisa, Classic Space
Favorite Set(s): 6950
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Yellow Classic Space Man
Set/theme you would like to see: Urban Realism
Current LEGO Project: A bird-like flightcraft using LDRAW

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I got a letter from Susan Williams once,
                             doesn't everyone?.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, surfing.




From: bagaasc@eel.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Wik the Mighty)
Date: 9 Aug 1999 18:21:30 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University, College of Engineering

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Chad Bagaason

Gender:  Male

Year of Birth:  1973

Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14

Location:  Eugene, OR

E-mail Address: wik@orst.edu

LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.cs.orst.edu/~bagaasc/lego

Marital Status:  Single

Children:  None

Occupation:  Computer Consultant

On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September '97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  ~100

# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0

# of LEGO Pieces:  Unknown

# of LEGOfests Attended:  0

# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  442

LEGO Dark Age:  No LEGO purchases 83-91
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  1462

Favorite Theme(s):  Space, Castle, Technic, Train

Favorite Set(s):  9719, 8880, 7140 

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Blacktron I, Inverted Slope Pieces

Set/theme you would like to see:  Classic Reprints

Current LEGO Project:  Trains, Trains, Trains!!!  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Currently my 4-8-4 SP Daylight

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Board/Card/Computer Gaming, Reading, Miniatures
Painting, Model Railroading (O Gague)




Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 12:40:32 -0700
From: Piers Sutton <micromu@best.com>
Organization: Intralink International

Name:  Piers Sutton
Date of birth 2/26/69
Gender: male
Age of inner child: 11, but i'm pimping he to buy more legos
Locacation: San Jose, CA
E mail address micromu@tt.ipc.net
Lego page none
Marital statuses/ single
Occupation: operations manager for computer company

# of sets: 15
# of unopened sets:0
# of pieces: who knows
# of Legofests:0

First Lego set: Some classic space set way back when
Lego Dark age 1987-1998
First Lego set after Dark age: Tie and Y-Wing
Current Lego project: Trying to garner what would have been my old collection via ebay, etc.
Other interests: Books, comics, movies, writing, chasing women, tennis, rock climbing, annoying neighbors with my bass, etc.




From: mpratt@cix.co.uk (Michael Pratt)
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 22:14 +0100 (BST)
Organization: CIX - Compulink Information eXchange

Name:  Michael Pratt
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1957
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12!
Location:  Uk Southport
E-mail Address:mpratt@cix.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Nope
Marital Status:  Yes
Children:  1 bio, 1 step
Occupation:  Lawyer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  about june 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  about 40
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: only one
# of LEGO Pieces:  millions
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none

First LEGO Set: A small box of bricks in about 1966
LEGO Dark Age: 1969 to 1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7740 Train What a way to start ! 
Favorite Theme(s):  Train of course
Favorite Set(s):  all trains
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):The YMCA mustachioed one  
Set/theme you would like to see: Submarines
Current LEGO Project:  Rebuilding sets owned in part

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Got a 7740 in a charity shop for a couple of 
pounds !

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Hi Fi, flying kites
>

Michael Pratt




From: sinclair@cadvision.com (Ian Sinclair)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:28:37 GMT
Organization: Techmation

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name:  Ian Sinclair 
Gender:  Male	  
Year of Birth:  1966  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
Location:  Calgary, Alberta, Canada  
E-mail Address:  sinclair@cadvision.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Single  
Children:  None  
Occupation:  Manager/Programmer/Hobbyist  
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  28  
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  9000+  
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:
LEGO Dark Age:  18-33
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Mindstorms/Technic Sets  
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic & Mindstorms  
Favorite Set(s):  8880 & 8480  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Things that move (gears, axels,
universal joints, etc) 
Set/theme you would like to see:  Model Team Technic (the bigger the
better) 
Current LEGO Project:  Mindstorms Vehicles  

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, Games, BeOS C++ Programming,
Tennis, Reading, etc.  




From: Jason Spangler <stormwind@wombatgames.com>
Organization: Wombat Games, Inc.
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 03:08:18 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)

Name: Jason Spangler
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9
Location: Austin, TX, USA
E-mail Address: jasons@usemail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://purl.org/NET/JasonSpangler/Home
Marital Status: Married
Children: 0
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~275
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 28
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, LEGOLAND Carlsbad

First LEGO Set: 6375 Gas Station
LEGO Dark Age: 13 to 21 years old
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6008 Royal King
Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space, Blacktron, Space Police 1, Forestmen
Favorite Set(s): 6375 Gas Station, 1789 Star Hawk II, 6876 Alienator, 497 Galaxy
Explorer
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Futuron minifigs
Set/theme you would like to see: Space business (transports, liners, etc)
Current LEGO Project: Modular space vehicle system

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Games, Computers, Nature




From: "Randy Anchikoski" <ranch@writeme.com>
Organization: lg purple bins/rubbermaid tubs/hanging containers
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:05:13 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name:  Randy Anchikoski & family
Gender:  M
Year of Birth:  1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12-ish
Location:  Victoria, BC Canada
E-mail Address: ranch@writeme.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://www.members.home.net/ourCreations/
http://www.teradesigns.tzo.com/
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  4
Occupation: database consultant/developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  1998

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  645
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 103
# of LEGO Pieces:  165,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0, but hosted a few medium sized get-togethers!
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: 1980's McDonalds promos
LEGO Dark Age: didn't really have LEGO as a kid, had RASTI
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 1639 - 670 Piece Bucket (1990)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town
Favorite Set(s):  6339, 8880,6543,3759
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  the ones we don't have
Set/theme you would like to see: towns around the world, waterproof
motor/battery pack
Current LEGO Project: huge brick guy; house with working storm sewer/gutters
etc. (still)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  somehow converting my wife to become
supportive of my LEGO 'hobby' / achieving over 1000 minifigs (1200)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  family, baroque/classical etc. music
(performing/listening), software development (databases), cooking

Randy Anchikoski
E-Mail: ranch@writeme.com
Large attachments: ranan@home.com
Ph: (250) 370 5169
Fax: (250) 370 5175




From: johnNYblaze44@webtv.net
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 02:06:11 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: WebTV Subscriber

Name:  John R. Kanehl
Gender:  Male
DOB:  9/18/69
Mental Age/Status of inner child:  i'll have to consult my therapist ...
Location:  Central NY State
E-mail:  johnNYblaze44@webtv.net
Lego Homepage:  None Yet
Marital Status:  single sometimes
Children:  someday
Occupation:  Surgical Instrument Sales
On RTL :  (Lurking since purchasing WebTV+)  May 1999

# of Sets:  1000+
# of Unopened:  4
# of Pieces:  250,000+ (before recent purchases)
# of Legofests:  never seen one
# of Parks Visited:  none

First Lego Set:  Ambulance and Helicopter (1973)
Lego Dark Age:  1987-1992  (college)
First Set After Dark Age:  Majesto's Magic Workshop
Favorite Theme:  Castle (til Fright Knights)
Favorite Set:  375 Yellow Castle or Space Cruiser LL924
Favorite Piece:  The Original Gray Space 
Rifle
Set/Theme You Would Most Like To See:
A Medieval Village / A Modular Space Port (for my original MOC's and my
Star Wars ships)

Current Project:  Sorting .....(any tips?)
Greatest Claim To Fame:  Recently acquiring 90 pounds of Lego from
friends and e-bay to complete collection and support future projects.
Anybody need anything?.....lol

Other Interests:  reading, skiing, cds, pool, darts, Guiness draft, and
australian merlots    




From: craig roberts <cackles@tpg.com.au>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 22:17:26 +1000
Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name:Craig Roberts
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:unknown
Location:Australia
E-mail Address:Cackles@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:Divorced
Children:4
Occupation:Law enforcement Officer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:?

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:10
# of LEGO Pieces:approx 10 thousand
# of LEGOfests Attended:nil
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:nil

First LEGO Set:
LEGO Dark Age:when thought was to old to use lego
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:town set
Favorite Theme(s):town
Favorite Set(s):
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):all haved approx 400 minifigs
Set/theme you would like to see:sydney opera house
Current LEGO Project:large town

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:non yet

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: bodybuilding, internet,life




From: jennr@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Jennifer Boger)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:06:05 -0400
Organization: The George Washington University

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)

Name:  Jennifer L. Boger
Gender:  Female
Year of Birth:  1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8/Active
Location:  Washington, DC
E-mail Address:  jennr@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  none/http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~dan/jenn
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  0
Occupation:  Network Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec '96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  120+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  20,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Unknown
Favorite Theme(s):  Castle, Train, Model Team
Favorite Set(s):  Owned-4559, not owned-6086
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): no idea/Car Salesman Bob (cheezy blue
suit, toupee, suitcase)
Set/them you would like to see:  More old style castle. less sub themes
Currect LEGO Project:  aquiring more and more sets

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Computers, ren fests, psx

Originally "enrolled" Dec 1996 as Jennifer L. Reckard




From: "adrian giannini" <webmaster@harding-giannini.com>
Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:08:23 -0500

Name:  Adrian Giannini
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1982
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 or so... never really thought about it
Location:  staten island, new york
E-mail Address: webmaster@harding-giannini.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status:  nope
Children:  none
Occupation:  student, part-time assistant to potter
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  7/99 or so

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  never counted... probably about 50 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none

First LEGO Set:  probably the hovercraft
LEGO Dark Age: '95-'97
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  6879 Blizzard Baron
Favorite Theme(s):  classic space
Favorite Set(s):  6952 Solar Power Transporter
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  any space minifigs, especially classic
space and blacktron I
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project:  some interesting space vessels... larger ships with
crew of 3-5 minifigs

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  none so far

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  music, computers, playing guitar...

adrian
webmaster@harding-giannini.com
LEGO: SP+++ CA,TO,PI++ #++ S+++ LS++ Hal A YB82m




From: "G.W.J. Hassink" <g.w.j.hassink@student.utwente.nl>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:36:54 +0100
Organization: University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name:  Gerwin Hassink
Gender:  male
Year of Birth:  1980
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
Location:  Enschede, the Netherlands
E-mail Address:    g.w.j.hassink@student.utwente.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s):  http://home.student.utwente.nl/g.w.j.hassink/
Marital Status:  single
Children:  none
Occupation:  student Applied Physics
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  march 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  many
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:    zero
# of LEGO Pieces:  I'm not going to count them
# of LEGOfests Attended:    zero
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:    one

First LEGO Set:    6806 Surface Hopper
LEGO Dark Age:
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  7130 Snowspeeder
Favorite Theme(s):  Forestmen, Blacktron I, M:Tron, early Pirates
Favorite Set(s):  7151 Sith Infiltrator
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Darth Maul, Majisto
Set/theme you would like to see: anything with large trees in it, mixing
minifig-scale with Technic
Current LEGO Project:  LDrawing a LEGO RoboTech Cyclone

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  some transformable LEGO MOC's

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Scouting, physics, RPG's




From: otophero@aol.com (O topher O)
Date: 03 Nov 1999 00:35:10 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name:  Chris Adler
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  12
Location:  Houston, TX, USA
E-mail Address:  niner_four@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.geocities.com/niner_four
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Occupation:  Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Spring '99

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  About sixty something
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces:  A lot, but not as much as these other Lego freaks on RTL
-)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None

First LEGO Set: Basic set 555
LEGO Dark Age: Fall '94 to Spring '99
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  X Wing
Favorite Theme(s):  Star Wars, M:Tron, SpacePolice
Favorite Set(s):  6986, 6896, 6886, 6981, 6923
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  I've always liked the little tiny connecting
pieces that used to hold the 1 X 1 round plates together, they make great money
and jewels for my Legoverse.
Set/theme you would like to see:  BRING BACK THE M:TRONS AND THE SPACE POLICE
Current LEGO Project:  Buying all Space Police and Blacktron sets, and also
getting my homepage a lot better, and also trying on getting my creations'
pictures up on the 'net.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I make some darn good crash scenes!

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Drum Corps, playing and listening to music, my
'75 Nova, Creed, Virgos Merlot, Writing




From: duck360198@aol.com (Duck360198)
Date: 03 Nov 1999 00:48:20 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com

Name:  Brendan Coughlin
Gender:  Male 
Year of Birth:  11/28/80  
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  10 Years Old  
Location:  Aberdeen, SD/Las Vegas, NV
E-mail Address:  Duck360198@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Working on one!  
Marital Status:  Spoken for! :-)
Children:  0
Occupation:  The "Picker" at a golf course and UNLV Student!
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Around 1996

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  7
# of LEGO Pieces:  55,000  
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0 :-(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0 :-(

First LEGO Set:  Emergency Treatment Center (1987)
LEGO Dark Age:  Whenever Town Jr. started!
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  McDonald's Restaurant (Getting better)  
Favorite Theme(s):  Town by far and then Model Team.
Favorite Set(s):  Launch and Load Seaport, Big Rig Truck Stop, ALL of the
Soccer sets, and the Metro Park and Service Tower.  
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Piece:  Any printed piece (computer,
telephone, radar, etc.)  Minifig:  Any guy with a cowboy hat!  
Set/theme you would like to see:  Definitely military (I know it won't happen!)

Current LEGO Project:  Finishing up my 160 Square foot city!

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Being this close to finishing my city is quite an
accomplishment for me.  I have also gotten ALL of the vehicles/buildings that I
have ever wanted.  

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Golf, Paintball, My Chevy Blazer, My girlfriend,
all my friends, etc. etc. etc.




From: Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:07:45 -0500
Reply-To: lpieniazek@novera.com
Organization: Novera Software, Inc.

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name: Larry Pieniazek
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1959
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Fluctuates, 10-14 typically
Location: Home is Ada, Michigan, but all around the US, as I travel on
business a LOT!
E-mail Address: lar@voyager.net or lpieniazek@tsisoft.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://my.voyager.net/lar
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2 plus an informally adopted college student from Siberia who
lives with us.
Occupation: System Architect/Consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sporadic lurking, solidly on since November 1997
but mostly hang out on LUGNET(tm) now (http://www.lugnet.com)

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Wellover 1000 but not sure how far over
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: perhaps 25%
# of LEGO Pieces: Estimated at 400,000 but not sure
# of LEGOfests Attended: Define Legofest! I have met with AFOLs all
around the country, I may have the record for having met the most of us
in real life. I think that whenever I post "hey, I'm coming to your
town, let's meet" and at least 2 people come out, that's a fest... by
that metric I've been to dozens. The most memorable would be the
Carlsbad fest on opening night of LL Carlsbad. Gary Louie organized it,
but then very tragically passed away unexpectedly and wasn't there,
except in spirit.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (LegoLand Carlsbad) plus both the Mall
of America Imagination Center and the Disney Village Imagination Center
(That visit was the "awakening event" that roused me from my dark ages.

First LEGO Set: Some 1960's Samsonite Canada parts pack but not sure
which one.
LEGO Dark Age: circa 1973 through late 1997 with a few glimmers of
reawakening in 1993 and 1994
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 4559 black/yellow train monstrosity
but I survived it
Favorite Theme(s): 9V Train, Monorail, Launch Command, Flight (complete
in these), 12V Train, Town, Ice Planet, Blacktron, Mtron 
Favorite Set(s): Airport Shuttle, Metroliner, Century Skyway (have too
many copies of each of these and will be thinning down)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Train Catenary pickup, Train Conductor
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars parts pack or bucket (for the
earthtone bricks)
Current LEGO Project: Selling off some of my overstocks, LDrawing (in
MLCad) some of my best work.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Dunno. Mouthiest poster on LUGNET(tm)?
First non Todd/Suz poster to LUGNET? Trusted Intermediary service?
Factoring service? Fastest person ever to 9V Train complete?  Tried to
set up Bulk Buys more often than anyone else, unsuccessfully? Don
Quixote of eBay? Know more AFOLs IRL than anyone else? You pick.
Everyone knows me and trusts me

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Being with my kids, computers, gaming,
investing, swimming, skiing, all things British but especially including
cars.

-- 
Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com  http://my.voyager.net/lar
- - - Web Application Integration! http://www.novera.com
fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.

NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)




From: "Eugwe Coral" <h_and_g@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:34:55 -0500
Reply-To: "Eugwe Coral" <Eugwe@yahoo.com>

Name:  Gene Weissinger
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  13 give or take
Location:  Knoxville, TN
E-mail Address: Eugwe@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  Not YET...
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  none - unless I am in the drive through od McDonalds
Occupation: Sales - plastic signs - ooohh exciting!
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  10/1/99 ?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 197 give or take...
unopened sets in collection: zero - can't build with unopend sets !!!
# of LEGO Pieces: God only knows
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet...
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none yet...
First LEGO Set: Lego space - somewhere around 1980-81
LEGO Dark Age: 18
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: some sort of Ice Planet, I'm sure
Favorite Theme(s):  Classic Space
Favorite set(s): 487 cruiser
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  futuron
Set/theme you would like to see: more castle / pirate / space
Current LEGO Project: an entire lunar 'city' scape

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Talking my wife into letting me buy more...

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Hiking in the smokies, photography, hanging out
with my wife




From: "Ryan Smith" <kyblue2@zoomnet.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:39:25 -0500
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com

Name:  Ryan Smith (A.K.A. $mitty)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1985
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location:  Ashland, Ky
E-mail Address: kyblue2@zoomnet.net  or smittyclassof2003@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  NONE
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  0
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: NONE
# of LEGO Pieces:  10,000-?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0

First LEGO Set: McD's Promo ( not sure)
LEGO Dark Age: 1997
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  Res-Q set
Favorite Theme(s):  Town, train, Res-Q
Favorite Set(s):  6399, 6597, 6571, 6398, 6482
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  1X4X5 red windows
Set/theme you would like to see: Town monorail again
Current LEGO Project:  Finishing my city with the train in.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: NONE

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  R/C Airplanes, basketball, football, soccer,
swimming, SLEEPING, music.




From: "Todd A. Junker" <abt@thrusters.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 12:41:35 -0800
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com

Name:  Todd Junker, Architect
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  7/20/67
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  32 Years Old Physically, 
   perpetually 10 yrs old regarding Legos!
Location:  Santa Rosa, CA
E-mail Address:  cptcosmo@pacbell.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):  N/A
Marital Status:  Single, but have a wonderful girlfriend
Children:  0
Occupation:  Mechanical Engineering Designer/Draftsman/Architect
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  August 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  10
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~12000
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  Man, I don't remember... that was 27-28 yrs ago!
LEGO Dark Age:  Ages 16-31
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8448  Super Street Sensation
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic/Mindstorms
Favorite Set(s):  Mindstorms RIS
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Piece:  Lego chain links and shock absorbers,
gears, anything Technic!
 Minifig:  Not into minifigs
Set/theme you would like to see: Would love to see another 8460 type
crane truck with 5000 parts or so, including pneumatics

Current LEGO Project:  Prototyping a large Mindstorms robot using 2 RCX's and
roughly 4000 parts so far

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  I use Legos to prototype mechanical assembly
concepts before building the real world equivalent.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, Physics, Quantum Mechanics,
Astronomy, Theater, Cinema, Books, This Old House & New Yankee
Woodshop (TV shows), finish/rough carpentry, Arts & Crafts, Macintosh
computers, brewing beer at home, 3D computer modeling, Designing
(Design is my life), my girlfriend Rebekah, and general geeky stuff




From: jamie1123@webtv.net (Jamie)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 20:59:33 -0500 (EST)
Organization: WebTV Subscriber

Name: Jamie Hickey
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11-23-75
Mental Status/Age of inner chid: 13/14
Location: Saginaw, Michigan
E-mail: jamie1123@webtv.net
Lego U.R.L: None
Marital Status: Might as well be married!
Children: Just my dog "Scrappy"
Occupation: Volunteer Fire Fighter/ Stock         Clerk at Meijers
On R.T.L. since: August 1999

# of LEGO sets in collection: 28 for now!!
# of unopened sets: none
# of pieces: ?, not enough
# of fests attended: none yet, one day!
# of theme parks attended: 4

1st LEGO set: Galaxy Commander
LEGO Darkages: 91' thru about 96'
Favorite Theme: Classic Space, Star              Wars, Technic
Favorite Set: #8880, #8448, #5580
Favorite piece/ mini-figure: Darth Vader 
Set/ Theme you would like to see:
     An official Millennium Falcon that              doesn't suck. AT-AT
that isn't grossly         under-sized. Another huge Model
Team Semi, like #5580. 
Current LEGO project: Building a                    Millennium Falcon,
hopefully that won't      suck. Give me a couple months 
Greatest claim to fame: Finishing collage
Other non-LEGO interests: Music, Movies

I added this one:
Biggest pet-peeve about LEGO:                      Juniorized parts and
pieces, not                 acknowledging AFOL

Please allow me this oppertunity to make a shameless plug: If you have
any gray LEGOs are willing sell, please contact me! Thank You!




From: b-keenan@uiuc.edu (brian e keenan)
Date: 9 Nov 1999 20:12:21 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Name:  Brian Keenan
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  Healthy
Location:  Illinois, USA
E-mail Address:  b-keenan@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s):  
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  
Occupation:  Desktop Support/Development
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  2 weeks ago.

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  around 40?  most shared with brothers
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  0
# of LEGO Pieces:  ?
# of LEGOfests Attended:  0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  0

First LEGO Set:  404 (or 912?)
LEGO Dark Age:  After age 14 or so, until last year
First LEGO set after the Dark Age:  8838 plus most of the SW stuff
Favorite Theme(s):  Technic, SW
Favorite Set(s):  RIS, SW (probably 7181 & 7191, too :)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  Vader
Set/theme you would like to see:  Star Trek ( can you say "7 of 9 minifig" :)
SW minifig boxes - Battle droids, stormtroopers, & rebel troopers

Current LEGO Project:  motorized 4 legged walker w/ articulated legs.
Probably run by RCX with sensors, etc.

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:  Posting this message?

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Board and miniature gaming
(I'll probably buy tons of the ninja & mounted Samurai minifigs and try to
come up with rules to run a game with them :)




From: "Scott T" <twisdom@tri-lakesonline.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:28:45 -0700
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
Reply-To: "Scott T" <thewiz@att.net>

Name: Scott T
Age-13
Location-CO in the US
Number of sets-maybe 100 or less
Number of pieces-???
First Lego set-Buried Treasure
Age started building-2
Current Projects-none at the moment

Description-I'm just a middle schooler in Colorado that likes to build with
Lego and play around with computers.  I enjoy playing basketball and
baseball and I play a lot of computer games.




From: Steven Coallier <scoallier@ea.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:35:18 -0800
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com

Name: Steven Coallier
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Inner child (mental age 10) lives in a
small, comfy
LEGO cottage.
Location:  San Mateo, California
E-mail Address: scoallier@ea.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Home page is http://www.hooked.net/~coallier/lego.htm
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None (but my girlfriend has 3)
Occupation:  Entertainment Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  7 / 96

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~25 (would be a lot more if it weren't for

 my mother givin' 'em to other family members who won't give 'em
back...)
# of LEGO Pieces:  ~100,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: One

First LEGO Set: Some Universal Set
Favorite Themes:  Technic, _BASIC_ Basic, Star Wars, Mindstorms
Favorite Set:  X-Wing Fighter (#7140)
Favorite Minifigure: Darth Vader (although he needs to be taller!)
Current LEGO Project:  A Life-size Superman

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 5'+ model of the Transamerica Building

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  Sheesh.  Too many.  Check the web page
listed above for a full description, there's dozens of them

Desperately seeking set: Tan bricks!  I need lots of tan bricks for a
life-size model of Superman I'm trying to finish.




From: "Thomas" <southernstar3@prodigy.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:45:54 -0600
Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name:  Scott
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1983
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  16
Location:  Tennessee
E-mail Address:  bozeman1941@hotmail.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):  www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/3019/Lego.html
Marital Status:  not married
Children:  none
Occupation:  student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  September 2, 1999

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  183
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  5
# of LEGO Pieces:  unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended:  none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:  none

First LEGO Set:  6612  Fire Chief's Car

LEGO Dark Age:  None!

Favorite Theme(s):  Town and Space

Favorite Set(s):  6380 Emergency Treatment Center  6990 Monorail Transport
System

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   The Colonel from The Wild West and the
Admiral from the Imperial Guards

Set/theme you would like to see: Vikings!

Current LEGO Project:  Rebuilding everything

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  model railroading




From: "Tolliver Family" <tolliver@tstar.net>
Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 06:18:12 GMT

Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999

Name:  Adrick
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth:  1986
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:  8
Location:  Texas
LEGO/home page URL(s):  None
Marital Status:  NO!!
Children:  NO!!!
Occupation:  NO!!!
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Some time in March of 98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection:  Lots
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:  None
# of LEGO Pieces:  Lots more.
# of LEGOfests Attended:  None :(
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None :(

First LEGO Set:  A DUPLO rattle

LEGO Dark Age:  None so far!!

Favorite Theme(s):  These are a few of my favorite Themes.... Pirates,
Star Wars, Adventurers, Wild West, Town, Space and Castle.

Favorite Set(s):  #1 5988  My 1st big set!
#2 6975  
#3 6268 
#5 6280

Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):   Darth Vader.

Set/theme you would like to see: More new Adventurers sub-themes, New
Pirates and Space Themes

Current LEGO Project: Nothing right now.

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Star Trek.




From: Tim Strutt <tim.strutt@sympatico.ca>
Organization: Sympatico

Name: Tim Strutt
Gender:  Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: tstrutt@canada.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/tstrutt
Marital Status:  Married
Children:  1 (unborn)
Occupation:  Equipment Technologist / Computer Science Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  '98

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >100
# of LEGO Pieces:  can't count that high
# of LEGOfests Attended: none  8^(

First LEGO Set: a basic system set with large gears, etc.
Favorite Themes:  Technic, Trains, old Town, Race, Pirates, Star Wars,
Divers,
                  can't afford Mindstorms yet.
Favorite Set:  owned - Red Beard Runner (#6289), wanted - Metroliner
(#4558)
Favorite Minifigure: none in particular
Current LEGO Project: customizing train cars, race cars, transports

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:  computers

Desperately seeking set: 4558 Metroliner - but can't afford it yet




From: Bagheera, the jungle scout <bagherra@my-deja.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 20:11:46 GMT
Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.

Name: Jason Cordes
Gender:  Panther
Year of Birth: around the time of Dirt
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: wavering in late adolescence
Location:  Cape Canaveral, FL
E-mail Address: bagherra@my-deja.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.frenzy.com/~jaebear/
Marital Status:  happily(?) married
Children:  do I count?
Occupation: something about space ships and little green men
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:  Dec 97

# of Sets in LEGO Collection: good question, I'd guess about 60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 14
# of LEGO Pieces:  I lost count.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Disneyworld Lego Pavilion

First LEGO Set: Snowman polybag from McDonalds in like 91?
Favorite Themes:  TRAINS!, Adventurers, Ice Station 2002, Space Port
Favorite Set:  Deep Freeze Defender
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):  crystals, all three colors
Set/theme you would like to see: Dungeons (deep dark caves, ogres,
	minotaurs You're basic D&D stuff)
Current LEGO Project:  Mountain Fortress (medieval)

Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have a 24Karat Gold 8 stud lego that was
        custom made for me

Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, Space Flight, Large Cats
	(lions, tigers, etc), Board Games, and Global Domination.
Desperately seeking set: A box of 9000 crystals, 1000 each in the colors
- trans blue, trans red, metallic blue, metallic grey, silver, metallic
green, trans yellow, trans clear
Or a ramp for the 9V train system :)





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